different between caterpillar vs silkmoth

English

Alternative forms

• caterpiller (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse (“hairy cat”)), from Late Latin catta + pil?sa.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt??p?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæt??p?l?/

Noun

caterpillar (plural caterpillars)

1. The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm

2. A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler
3. (mathematics) A set of subtrees of a tree

Synonyms

• (moth or butterfly larva): leafworm

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• pillar

English

Etymology

silk +? moth

Noun

silkmoth (plural silkmoths)

1. Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the familes Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the Lasiocampidae).

Derived terms

• ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia)
• Assam silkmoth (Antherea assamiensis, syn. Antheraeopsis assamensis)
• calleta silkmoth (Eupackardia calleta)
• ceanothus silkmoth (Hyalophora euryalus)
• cecrops eyed silkmoth (Automeris cecrops)
• Chinese oak silkmoth (Antherea pernyi)
• Columbia silkmoth (Hyalophora columbia)
• cricula silkmoth (Cricula trifenestrate)
• domestic silkmoth (Bombyx mori)
• eri silkmoth (Samia cynthia ricini)
• Forbes' silkmoth (Rothschildia forbesi)
• ghostly silkmoth (Ceranchia)
• Glover's silkmoth (Hyalophora gloveri)
• greasewood silkmoth (Agapema anona)
• iris eyed silkmoth (Automeris iris)
• Japanese oak silkmoth (Antherea yamamai)
• Japanese silkmoth (Antherea yamamai)
• Jonasi silkmoth (Caligula jonasi)
• larch silkmoth (Hyalophora columbia)
• Louisiana silkmoth (Automeris louisiana)
• mulberry silkmoth (Bombyx mori)
• Patagonia eyed silkmoth (Automeris patagoniensis)
• promethea silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)
• Siberian silkmoth (Dendrolimus sibiricus)
• spicebush silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)
• Sri Lankan cricula silkmoth (Cricula ceylonica)
• sweetbay silkmoth (Callosamia securifera)
• tuliptree silkmoth (Callosamia angulifera)
• wild silkmoth (Bombyx mandarina)
• zephyr eyed silkmoth (Automeris zephyria)

References

• silkmoth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia