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1 Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization, Central Silk Board, Pendari, Bilaspur 495 001, IN
Source
Current Science, Vol 115, No 7 (2018), Pagination: 1235-1236
Abstract
The Antheraea mylitta D. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is an important wild silkmoth endemic to India and distributed in diversified ecological and geographical regions ranging from 12°N to 31°N lat. and 72°E to 96°E long., accordingly 44 eco-races have been reported1. DABA bivoltine race has been reared extensively by the >3 lakh tribal and rural communities as a livelihood practice. The larvae of A. mylitta are polyphagous but, majorly it has been reared on Terminalia tomentosa, T. arjuna and Shorea robusta in the forest patches and block plantations commercially.
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