Bombyx mori

The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of Bombyx mori (Latin: "silkworm of the mulberry tree"), the domesticated silkmoth. A moth in the family Bombycidae, it is very important economically as the producer of silk. It is entirely dependent on humans for its reproduction and no longer occurs naturally in the wild. Silk culture has been practised for at least 5,000 years in China (Goldsmith et al. 2004). A silkworm's preferred food is White Mulberry leaves. It is native to northern China.
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Noun
1. stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk of commerce
(synonym) domestic silkworm moth
(hypernym) bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth
(member-holonym) Bombyx, genus Bombyx