This paper deals with the diversity of wild sericigenous insects ie, silk producing moths in
Nagaland, a small mountainous state of north eastern India. A periodic survey conducted …

Samia ricini is a non-mulberry, multivoltine, domestic moth, reared indoor. S. canningi is
wild, bivoltine silkworm. Both the varieties are found in North-eastern states of India. Castor …

Northeast India constitutes a part of Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, an ideal home for many
wild sericigeneous insects. Non mulberry silk moths are wild or semi-domesticated" …

Nagaland is a traditional state for ericulture, mostly practiced on the primary food plant
Ricinus communis L., the castor for rearing of Samia ricini Donavans. However, this host is …

The biodiversity of sericigenous Saturniidae producing silks was surveyed, and thirteen
different species were collected from the Northeast region of India, particularly Manipur. The …

Actiasselene HUbner (Indianmoon moth), an indigenousvanya silk moth isgeographically
distributedintropicalmoist deciduousforest (Lefroy, 1909), Earlier, moon moths were …

Nagaland, a small mountainous state of north eastern India lying between 25 26'-27 40'N
latitudes and 93 20'-95 15'E longitudes, harbours 15 wild silk moth species out of which …

The wild variety of Antheraea assamensis Helfer was collected from certain hilly pockets at
varying altitude of 1313-1874 m amsl of Nagaland (25 26'-27 40'N latitudes and 93 20'-95 …