Tussar silk (alternatively spelled as tussah, tushar, tassar, tussore, tasar, tussur, or tusser, and also known as (Sanskrit) kosa silk) is produced from...
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Antheraea pernyi (redirect from Chinese Tussar Moth)
China. Used for tussar silk production, they have been distributed more widely across subtropical and tropical Asia. Unlike the domestic silk moth which is...
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Bhagalpuri silk or Tussar silk is a traditional style of silk saris. This material is used for making saris named as Bhagalpuri sari. Bhagalpur is also...
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Antheraea yamamai (redirect from Japanese Silk Moth)
Saturniidae. It is endemic to east Asia, but has been imported to Europe for tussar silk production and is now found in southeastern Europe, mainly in Austria...
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Sericulture (redirect from Silk farming)
cocoons of Tussar silkworms, which are found in open woodlands, are used to produce wild silk, also known as Tussar silk. Compared to conventional silk, their...
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Antheraea (category Wild silk)
caterpillars which produce wild silk of commercial importance. Commonly called "tussar silk", the moths are named tussar moths after the fabric. The genus...
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Antheraea cingalesa (redirect from Sri Lankan tussar silk moth)
Antheraea cingalesa, the Sri Lankan tussar silk moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1883....
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Handloom sari (section Tussar saris)
handloom saris are Kanchipuram silk saris, Maheshwari saris, Bagh print saris, Chanderi silk saris, Tussar silk saris, Banarasi silk saris, Baluchuri saris,...
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diseases. Soapnut is used as a dyeing agent for coloring the yarn of Tussar silk and cotton. The number of species is disputed between different authors...
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Antheraea assamensis (redirect from Assam silk moth)
Persea, Magnolia, Michelia, Quercus and Symplocos. Its silk, one of the varieties of tussar silk, has a glossy golden hue which improves with age and washing...
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