Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea
Bombycidae
Bombycinae
Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758
Phalaena mori Linnaeus, 1758
= Bumbyx; Fabricius ([1777]: 277) (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
= Minyas Savigny, 1816: 31 (TS: Minyas polygoni Savigny, 1816: 31; by monotypy)
= Theophila Moore, 1862: 315 (TS: Bombyx bengalensis Moore, 1862: 315) [but attributed to Hutton, an incorrect authorship]; by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892))
= Bombix; Mabille (1884: 31) (an incorrect subsequent spelling)
Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758 (Phalaena)
Chinae (hodie culta per Europam)
= Bombyx sinensis Hutton in Moore, 1862: 313 (TL. Inhabits China)
= Bombyx croesi Hutton in Moore, 1862: 313 (TL. Inhabits China)
= Bombyx fortunatus Hutton in Moore, 1862: 313 (TL. Inhabits China)
= Bombyx arracanensis Hutton in Moore, 1862: 314 (TL. Cultivated in Arracan, but is said to have been introduced from China)
= Bombyx textor Hutton in Moore, 1862: 314 (TL. Inhabits China)
= Bombyx fuscata Motschulsky, 1866: 192 (TL. [Japan])
= Bombyx meridionalis Wood-Mason, 1886: 19 (TL. Cuddaph district, Madras)
= Bombyx brunnea Grünberg, 1911: 189 (misapplied)
Distribution
Throughout India
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