(thing) by CentrX Mon May 22 2000 at 22:41:03

A large moth (Philosamia cynthia) native to eastern Asia and now established in the eastern U.S., whose larvae (ailanthus silkworms) feed on ailanthus leaves and produce an inferior silk in making their cocoons.

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