Original Research Article I Volume 3 I Issue 2 I 2015

Occurrence of natural food plants of Indian moon moth Actias selene (Hubner) silkworm from India

Kavane R. P

Biolife; 2015, 3(2), pp 496-498

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7269810

Abstract:

Indian moon moth Actias selene, a wild silkworm is not reared in laboratory .in spite of rich diversity of host food plants of Actias silkworm and conducive climate for rearing this worm, very little attention is paid from India. Therefore, boosting of Indian moon moth culture business, biodiversity of host food plants of A. selene have been studied in all, 29 species of host food plants have been reported from different geographical parts of India.

Keywords:

Indian moon moth, Actias selene, food plants, wild sericulture, India.

References:

  1. Arora,         G.S. and Gupta I. J. 1979. Taxonomic studies on some of the Indian non mulberry silkmoths (Lepidoptera : Saturniidae ), memories of the zoological survey of India. Calcutta. Vol.16 (I).pp.1-63.
  2. Villard,        P.1969. Moths and how to rear them. Funk & Wagnalls, New york. Pp.13-242.
  3. Peiglar, R.S. 1989. A revision of the Indo-Australian genus-Attacus .Lepidoptera research foundation, Beverly Hills, California. pp 11-167.
  4. Rajadurai, S and Thangavelu. K., 1998. Biology of Moon Moth Actias Selene Hubner (Lepidoptera : Satumiidae) prevent in Bhandara forest, Maharashtra. Proc. IIIrd Int. Conf. on wild silkmoth, pp. 362-366.
  5. Nassig W.A. and Peigler R.S., 1984. The life history of Actias maenas (Saturniidae). J.Lepid.Soc.38: 114-123.
  6. Mohanraj.P., K.Veenakumari and R.S.Peigler.1993. the host plant and pre-imaginal stages of Actias callandra from the Andaman islands , india. Journal of research on the Lepidoptera. 32: pp.16-25.
  7. Kavane , R.P., (2014). Terminalia catappa – a potential new host of fagara silkmoth Attacus atlas linn.(Lepidoptera – Saturniidae) from western maharashtra. JEZS.2(6) : pp.179-182.
  8. Kavane , R.P., and Sathe T.V..,(2014a). Biology of Attacus atlas (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) A wild silkworm of India. Int. Jou. of scientific research.3 (10).pp1-4.
  9. Kavane , R.P., and Sathe T.V..,(2014b). Rearing technique for a wild silkworm Actias selene (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Biolife. 3(1).pp 1-6.
  10. Kavane R.P., and Sathe T.V..,(2014c). Preliminary rearing technique for Attacus atlas (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). A wild silkworm of India  Biolife. 2(4).pp 1305-1309.
  11. Kavane , R.P.(2010). Biosystematics of wild silkmoths from western Maharashtra.. Ph.D. thesis , Shivaji University, Kolhapur.1-236.
  12. Kavane , R.P., and Sathe T.V..,(2011). Wild silk technology. D.P.H, Newdelhi.1-236...

Article Dates:

Received: 6 April 2015; Accepted: 12 May 2015; Published: 5 June 2015

How To Cite:

Kavane R. P. (2022). Occurrence of natural food plants of Indian moon moth Actias selene (Hubner) silkworm from India. Biolife, 3(2), 496–498. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7269810

Download Full Paper: PDF
Submit Manuscript
Join as Reviewer / Editor

Logo


Logo