Antheraea


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Noun1.Antheraea - large moths whose larvae produce silk of high qualityAntheraea - large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
family Saturniidae, Saturniidae - important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known
Antheraea polyphemus, polyphemus moth - very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees
Antheraea pernyi, pernyi moth - a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk
Antheraea mylitta, tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussore, tussur - oriental moth that produces brownish silk
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In invertebrates, the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus has two paralogs for cycle and three gene copies for period (Chesmore et al, 2016); and the silk moth Antheraea pernyi has two paralogs for period, located on different sex chromosomes (Gotter et al, 1999).
The researchers working in collaboration with Oxford Biomaterials Limited discovered that cleaned, sterilized silk from the Antheraea pernyi (AP) silk spinner had properties well suited to spinal repair.
If we can work to find a solution, such as the use of Antheraea pernyi (AP) silk, to improve their quality of life even slightly then it is beneficial.
Expression of diverse midgut serine proteinases in the sericigenous Lepidoptera Antheraea assamensis (Heifer) is influenced by choice of host plant species.
Films and scaffold have been successfully made using a mixture of gelatine and sericin extracted from silkworm Antheraea mylitta.
Not specified Type I paralysis quinquemaculata Protoparce Bt crystals General paralysis sexta Antheraea Bt crystals General paralysis pernyi Pieridae Colias Bt var.
Inhibitors of eicosanoid biosynthesis influencing the transcripts level of sHSP21.4 gene induced by pathogen infections, in Antheraea pernyi.
The arjun is one of the species leaves of which are fed on by the Antheraea paphia moth which produces the tassar silk, a wild silk of commercial importance, PAAFR official said.
Park, "Structural and thermal characteristics of Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin/chitosan blend film", Polym, 42, 6651-6656 (2001b).