Aecidium mori was to "Peridiopsora mori" (Barclay) K.V. Prasad et al. 1993, a combination of all three names, but it has not been adopted at all in taxonomy. It was decided later in 1993 that "Aecidium mori" was a different, distinct species, and this taxonomic assignment was kept. All of these differ from the species of "A. mori". Mulberry rust is a disease caused by "Aecidium mori", which only occurs on the "Morus" plant, the familiar "mulberry". "Morus" is grown for the breeding of "Bombyx mori" (silkworms) as part of the silk industry. The leaves of the "Morus" plant are the only
Bombyx mandarina Bombyx mandarina Bombyx mandarina, the wild silkmoth, is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of "Bombyx mori" the domesticated silkmoth or "silkworm" (properly, this refers to the caterpillars only). Unlike the domesticated relative which is unable to fly or indeed persist outside human care, the wild silkmoth is a fairly ordinary lepidopteran. Its main difference from the domesticated taxon is the more slender body with well-developed wings in males, and the dull greyish-brown colour. "Bombyx mandarina" and the domesticated "Bombyx mori" constitute two of the currently identified eight species of the genus "Bombyx", the