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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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    refers to the host plant Ailanthus. There is a subspecies, S. cynthia ricini in India and Thailand that feeds upon the leaves of castor bean, and is...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    1906 Artace cribrarius (Ljungh, 1825) Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758) Samia ricini (Jones, 1791) Copaxa denda Druce, 1894 Aellopos blaini Herrich-Schäffer...
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    moth, and the muga moth. The subspecies of the ailanthus silkmoth, Samia cynthia ricini, eat the leaves of the castor bean or cassava leaves. It is also...
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  • Archaeoattacus edwardsii (White, 1859) Samia cynthia (Drury, 1773) Samia cynthia cynthia (Drury, 1773) Samia cynthia ricini (Boisduval, 1854) (taxonomy not yet...
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    described by Robert Brown in 1810. The binomial of the eri silk moth Samia ricini has sometimes been attributed to Anderson but research now suggests that...
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    the common castor butterfly (Ariadne merione), the eri silkmoth (Samia cynthia ricini), and the castor semi-looper moth (Achaea janata). It is also used...
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  • off-white in colour. Its cloth can dry in shadow. Eri silk is made by Samia cynthia ricini which feed on leaves of castor oil plant (Ricinus communis). It is...
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    gene expression by bacterial cell wall components in eri-silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. 146 (1): 147–51. doi:10...
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    domesticated silk moths. Top to bottom: Bombyx mori, Hyalophora cecropia, Antheraea pernyi, Samia cynthia. From Meyers Konversations-Lexikon (1885–1892)...
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    self sustaining communities. Made from the domesticated silkworm Samia Cynthia Ricini, Eri Silk, locally known as Ryndia, is a traditional fabric woven...
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  • Inoue, 1993 シンジュサン本州以西対馬以外亜種 — Samia cynthia pryeri (Butler, 1878) エリサン — Samia cynthia ricini Donovan シンジュサン北海道・対馬亜種 — Samia cynthia walkeri (Felder & Felder...
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