Antheraea pernyi

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Antheraea pernyi
Mounted female
Living specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Antheraea
Species:
A. pernyi
Binomial name
Antheraea pernyi
Synonyms
  • Antheraea hartii Moore, 1892

Antheraea pernyi, the Chinese

chromosome rearrangement.[1][2]

They are originally from southern China. Used for tussar silk production, they have been distributed more widely across subtropical and tropical Asia. Unlike the domestic silk moth which is entirely dependent on human care, tussah silk moths 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.[3]

This is one of the major producers of tussar silk.

mitochondrial genome, normally inherited from the mother only in sexually reproducing organisms, is almost identical to that of the present species.[1]

This silkworm is raised in China for its silk. It is referred to as tussah, Chinese tussah, oak tussah, or temperate tussah. It is the source of tussah spinning fiber that is used in the West. It is a relative of the tropical tussah silk moth, Antheraea paphia of India, and also related to Antheraea polyphemus, the American polyphemus silk moth. In China, they are fed on plantations of specially trimmed oak trees on the hillsides.[5]

Immune system

The immune responses of A. pernyi to bacterial infection have been analysed based on injection by

E. coli led to the discovery of a 380-kDa lectin with affinity to galactose and resulted in an increase of hemagglutinating activity.[7] A. pernyi has been used in research on virus defence in insects. It was discovered that hemolin was induced after injection of baculovirus, but also by double-stranded RNA.[8]

Aging

Changes occurring with aging at the dendrite level of olfactory receptor neurons were studied in male A peryni[9]. These aging related changes included DNA fragmentation[9].

Gallery

  • Eggs one day before hatching
    Eggs one day before hatching
  • First-instar caterpillars
    First-instar caterpillars
  • Second-instar caterpillar
    Second-instar caterpillar
  • Third-instar caterpillar
    Third-instar caterpillar
  • Fourth-instar caterpillar
    Fourth-instar caterpillar
  • Fifth-instar caterpillars
    Fifth-instar caterpillars
  • Sixth-instar caterpillar
    Sixth-instar caterpillar
  • Sixth-instar caterpillar
    Sixth-instar caterpillar

References

  1. ^
    PMID 16644243
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  2. ^ Peigler, Richard S. "Diverse evidence that Antheraea pernyi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is entirely of sericultural origin". Tropical Lepidoptera Research. 22 (2): 93–99.
  3. ^ "Chapter 9". Fao.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  4. PMID 28535207
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  5. ^ "Antheraea pernyi, Chinese Oak Tasar Silkworm". www.wormspit.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. PMID 6754375
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  7. PMID 3298221
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  8. S2CID 46056395
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  9. ^ a b Kumar GL, Pophof B, Kumar S, Keil TA. Age-related changes in the dendrites of olfactory receptor neurons in the male silkmoth Antheraea peryni (Insecta, Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Cell Biol Int. 1998;22(6):445-55. doi: 10.1006/cbir.1998.0278. PMID: 10328853

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