Pachypasa
noun
Pa·chyp·a·sa
pəˈkipəsə
: a genus of lasiocampid moths including a Syrian silkworm (P. otus) reared by the Greeks and Romans for its silk until the introduction of the Chinese silkworm in a.d. 550
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, probably from pachy- + Greek pas all; akin to Sanskrit śaśvat every, śvayati he swells