Definition of Pernyi moth. Meaning of Pernyi moth. Synonyms of Pernyi moth

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Definition of Pernyi moth

Pernyi moth
Pernyi moth Per"ny*i moth" (Zo["o]l.) A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China.

Meaning of Pernyi moth from wikipedia

- Antheraea pernyi, the Chinese oak tussar moth, Chinese tasar moth or temperate tussar moth, is a large moth in the family Saturniidae. The species was...
- their silk, such as the ailanthus moth (Samia cynthia group of species), the Chinese oak silkmoth (Antheraea pernyi), the ****am silkmoth (Antheraea ****amensis)...
- "NOTES ON LARVAL GROWTH AND EFFICIENCIES IN ANTHERAEA: A. POLYPHEMUS AND A. PERNYI (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE)". Holarctic Lepidoptera. 3 (1): 23–30. Elkinton...
- wild silk production. These notably include the Chinese tussah moth (Antheraea pernyi), its hybridogenic descendant Antheraea × proylei, and the ailanthus...
- Antheraea pelengensis Brechlin, 2000 Antheraea pernyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) – Chinese tussar moth Antheraea perrottetii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) Antheraea...
- (Linnaeus, 1758) – the "tasar" silkworm. Antheraea pernyi (Guénerin-Méneville, 1855) – the Chinese tussah moth. The colour and quality of the silk depends on...
- Actias selene (Indian moon moth; Indian luna moth) (Hübner, 1807) Antheraea pernyi (Chinese (oak) tussah moth; temperate tussah moth) (Guérin-Méneville, 1855)...
- progenitor of the domesticated species known as Antheraea pernyi; the theory is that pernyi may have evolved from ancestral A. roylei by chromosome rearrangement...
- several species of silkworms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea, including A. ****amensis, A. paphia, A. pernyi, A. roylei, and A. yamamai. These silkworms...
- pernyi and A. polyphemus (Saturnidae). J. Comp. Physiol., 132:235-242. < Matsumoto, S.G., and Hildebrand, J.G. 1981. Olfactory mechanisms in the moth...