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Female Gynandromorphy-A Rare Biological Event in DABA Bi-Voltine Antheraea mylitta D. Ecorace


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1 Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization, Central Silk Board, Pendari, Bilaspur 495 001, India
 

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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  • Female Gynandromorphy-A Rare Biological Event in DABA Bi-Voltine Antheraea mylitta D. Ecorace

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Authors

M. S. Rathore
Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization, Central Silk Board, Pendari, Bilaspur 495 001, India
M. Chandrashekhariah
Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization, Central Silk Board, Pendari, Bilaspur 495 001, India
B. K. Singhal
Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization, Central Silk Board, Pendari, Bilaspur 495 001, India
A. Sahay
Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization, Central Silk Board, Pendari, Bilaspur 495 001, India

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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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi7%2F1235-1236