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    Samia ricini, the eri silkmoth, is a species of insect, a member of the family Saturniidae which includes the giant silk moths. This moth is a domestic...
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    Samia cynthia, the ailanthus silkmoth, is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth...
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    considered to be the wild ancestor of the domesticated species known as Samia ricini; the latter having been named first, however, the protonym Saturnia canningi...
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    Eri silk is a type of peace silk produced by the domesticated silkworm Samia ricini. It is primarily produced in the northeastern Indian states of Assam...
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    of this arboreal plant are fed on by the larvae of the Eri silk moth (Samia ricini). In the Mizo language it is known as Changkhen and in Assamese it is...
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    both types of the domesticated silkworms that produce commercial silk: Samia ricini, commonly known as the eri silkworm, which produces matte eri silk, and...
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    Naessig, 1995 Samia pryeri (Butler, 1878) Samia ricini (Donovan, 1798) Samia tetrica (Rebel, 1924) Samia treadawayi Naumann, 1998 Samia vandenberghi (Watson...
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    into a collection area. Prepupae, along with pupae, of eri silkworm (Samia ricini) are consumed as food in India. "Lady beetle larva - prepupa - Day 11/12...
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    both types of the domesticated silkworms that produce commercial silk: Samia ricini, commonly known as the "eri silkworm", and Bombyx mori, the "mulberry...
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    assamensis produces muga silk, and another wild silkworm Philosamia synthia ricini (= Samia cynthia) produces eri silk. The estimated annual production of tasar...
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