Bombyx mandarina

Bombyx mandarina is a butterfly of the family of the Real Spinner ( Bombycidae ). He is regarded as the wild form of the silkworm ( Bombyx mori ).

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of 32-45 millimeters. The wings are brown to light brown with light and dark stripes. The sensors are combed.

The caterpillars reach a length of 35 millimeters and are brown in color. Your front is colored white. Similar to the caterpillars of the moth is on the last segment of an orange horn.

Occurrence and life

The moths are common in Japan, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima and Tokara, in China and in South Korea.

Pupation occurs in a cocoon of silk. In contrast to the domesticated and viable only in culture silkworm ( Bombyx mori ), with the Bombyx mandarina together constitutes the entire genus Bombyx, the moth is airworthy and one in the wild widespread Art