Editing Bombyx mori (section)

== Feeding ==
''Bombyx mori'' is essentially monophagous, exclusively eating mulberry leaves (''Morus'' spp.). By developing techniques for using artificial diets, the amino acids needed for development are known.<ref>Hamed Kioumarsi, Nazanin Amani ''Silkworm/''Bombyx mori'': An Overview of What You Need to Know ''. AREEO, 2021. {{ISBN|978-600-91994-0-2}}. Page 27.</ref> The various amino acids can be classified into five categories:

*Those which, when removed, cause larval development to stop entirely: lysine, leucine, isoleucine, histidine, arginine, valine, tryptophan, threonine, phenylalanine, methionine
*Those which, when removed, impede later stages of larval development: glutamate and aspartate
*Semi-essential amino acids, with negative effects that can be eliminated by supplementing with other amino acids: proline (ornithine can be substituted)
*Non-essential amino acids that can by replaced through biosynthesis by the larvae: alanine, glycine, serine
*Non-essential amino acids that can be removed with no effect at all: tyrosine