WordNet
silkworm moth
n. any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae [syn: giant silkworm moth]
moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk [syn: bombycid, bombycid moth]
Usage examples of "silkworm moth".
The male silkworm moth is able to detect the female's sex attractant molecule if only about forty molecules per second reach its feathery antennae.
A single female silkworm moth need release only a hundredth of a microgram of sex attractant per second to attract every male silkworm in a volume of about a cubic mile.
Even some insects have been domesticated, notably Eurasia's honeybee and China's silkworm moth, kept for honey and silk, respectively.