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Answer for the clue "Moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk ", 8 letters:
bombycid

Word definitions for bombycid in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bombycid \Bom*by"cid\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx , or the family Bombycid[ae] .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk [syn: bombycid moth , silkworm moth ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) Any of the moths of the family Bombycidae.