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  1. pernyi moth, Antheraea pernyinoun

    a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk

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  1. antheraea pernyi

    Antheraea pernyi, commonly known as the Chinese silk moth or Chinese oak silk moth, is a large species of moth in the Saturniidae family, native to China. Its larvae, also known as silkworms, are commercially cultivated for their silk, which is used in the production of a unique type of silk known as Tussah silk or Shantung silk. The silk is characterized by its natural golden color.

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  1. Antheraea pernyi

    Antheraea pernyi, the Chinese Tussah Moth, also known as Temperate Tussah Moth, is a large moth in the family Saturniidae. Antheraea roylei is an extremely close relative and the present species might actually have evolved from ancestral A. roylei by chromosome rearrangement. They are originally from southern China. Used for tussah silk production, they have been distributed more widely across subtropical and tropical Asia. Unlike the Domestic Silkmoth which is entirely dependent on human care, tussah silkmoths can survive in the wild if they escape from captivity; small local populations of such feral stock may thus occasionally occur. The colour and quality of the silk depends on the climate and soil. This is one of the major producers of tussah silk. It was of commercial importance during the Han Dynasty and early Three Kingdoms era, about 200 BC to 250 AD. More recently, the hybridogenic species Antheraea × proylei is being bred for tussah silk production. It originated from a natural hybrid between male A. pernyi and A. roylei females, F1 females of which were backcrossed to A. pernyi males. For reasons unknown, it is a case of paternal mtDNA transmission: the mitochondrial genome, normally inherited from the mother only in sexually reproducing organisms, is almost identical to that of the present species.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Antheraea pernyi in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Antheraea pernyi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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