Bombyx

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = CSIRO ScienceImage 10746 An adult silkworm moth.jpg

| image_caption = Bombyx mori, the silk moth.

| taxon = Bombyx

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758{{cite journal |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=4073.0 |title=Bombyx Linnaeus, 1758 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |doi=10.5519/s93616qw |accessdate=November 6, 2018}}

| synonyms = *Theophila Moore, 1862

| type_species=Phalaena mori{{cite journal |author1=ICZN |title=Opinion 450. Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758, and validation as of subgeneric status (a) as from 1758, of the Terms Bombyx, Noctua, Geometra, Tortrix, Pyralis, Tinea, and Alucita as used by Linnaeus for Groups of species of the genus Phalaena and (b) as from 1767 of the term Attacus similarly published by Linnaeus and matters incidental thereto (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera) |journal=Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature |date=1957 |volume=15 |issue=15 |page=254 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34656607}}

| type_species_authority= Linnaeus, 1758

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Bombyx is the genus of true silk moths or mulberry silk moths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silk moths. The genus was erected as a subgenus by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae (1758).