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Silkworm (Bombyx mori) is an important economic insect and an attractive model system. A series of autophagy‐related genes (Atgs) are involved in the autophagic process, and these Atgs have been proved to play important roles in the development. Atg7 stands at the hub of two ubiquitin‐like systems involving Atg8 and Atg12 in the autophagic vesicle. In the present study, we cloned and characterized...