A History of Agriculture in India v1.c22.s3.t2.2
A History of Agriculture in India v1.c22.s3.t2.2
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*Bombyx huttoni*, the Indian silk moth of north-western Himalayas, is ancestral to several of the domesticated *Bombyx* according to Zeuner. There are five silk-producing species of *Bombyx* in India. In addition to *Bombyx* silk, there are species of Saturniidae which are the producers of coarser and harder tusser silk. They include *Antheraea mylitta* of India (Fig. 134), which feeds on the leaves of ber tree, *Ziziphus mauritiana*.