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Bombyx
Linnaeus, 1758
(moth)
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Entity:
Bombycinae (Subfamily)
..Gunda (Genus)
..Ocinara (Genus)
..Bombyx (Genus)
....Bombyx mori (Species) - silkworm moth
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 495.
Subsequent rank
:
Gender
Masculine
Ref:
ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450
: 255.
Attributes
Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]
Ref:
ICZN, 1957. Opinion 450
: Ruling (2)(a) (p. 255: "Name No. 1056").
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Types
Type of
:
Bombyciformes
(Series)
Type of
:
Bombycinae
(Subfamily)
Latreille, 1802
Type of
:
Bombycoidea
(Superfamily)
Latreille, 1802
Type, by designation under the plenary power, of
:
Bombycidae
(Family)
Latreille, 1802
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: Ruling (1)(b)(1)(3) (p. 254; p. 258).
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Type, by designation under the plenary power
:
Bombyx mori
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: Ruling (1)(b)(1)(2) (p. 254: "genus"; p. 255).
[implicit]
Type, by designation under the plenary power
:
Phalaena mori
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
ICZN, 1957
: Ruling (1)(b)(1)(2) (p. 254: "genus"; p. 255).
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Variants
Basionym
:
Bombyx
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
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