family Saturniidae, Saturniidae - important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known

ailanthus silkworm, Samia cynthia - large green silkworm of the cynthia moth

caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

sericterium, serictery, silk gland - silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders