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of pure silk and pupate inside. Moth emerges after 10-12 days. Such
cocoons give broken thread. For getting fully long one thread from single
cocoons, moths are smothered by boiling cocoons. Moths allowed to
emerge only for further breeding. (See Lefroy and Ansorge—1916—
Report on an enquiry into the Silk Industry in India and report of
proceedings of the All-India Sericultural Conference 1939 Government of
India). O. varians. Brownish or grey, 4 curved wavy lines and a dark
patch below apex. Exp. 26-32 mm. Larva feeds on Ficus, Gular etc. (See
Trop Agr. 86:263, 1936. Some pests of fruit trees).
Fam. Uranidae. Resemble butterflies and Geometrid moths.
Confined mostly to hills. Day flying, large. Larva stout, tuberculated.
Indian species few, only one recorded in Maharashtra. M. aculeata.
Blackish white, wings closely striated with black, hindwing pointed, a
black spot at end. Exp. 45-50 mm.
Fam. Epiplemidae. Similar to Uranidae. Moths night fliers, rest
during day with forewings rolled up, hindwings folded over body. Look
like spiders. About 500 species known, less than 50 Indian, 4-5 in
Maharashtra, near about Bombay.
E. instabilata. Blackish, thorax white, forewing thickly speckled with
brown, yellow and black, white spot in centre. Exp. 24 mm. D. theclata.
Greenish grey, abdomen yellowish, forewing with a triangular patch with
brown border. Exp. 22 mm. Larva voraciously feeds on Adina, Randia etc.
Fam. Psychidae T. (bag or case worn moths). बिनपंखी पुडी, नाशांचे टोव तुर)