Host plants of Muga silkworm

Muga group comprises of Antheraea assama Westwood, A. knyvetty, A. compta and A. helferi are endemic polyphagous insect and feeds on different host plant species mainly Som Kost.), formerly named as Machilus bombycina (King ex Hook. f.) and Soalu (Litsea monopetela Roxb.= polyantha Juss.) and few other food plants, likewise Digloti (Litsaea salicifolia Hook), Mejankari (Litsaea cubeba Lour.), Bogori or ber (Zizyphus jujuba Mill), Champa (Michelia champaca Linn.), Bhomloti (Symplocous grandifolia Wall.), Patihonda (Actinodaphnae obovata Blume), Gamari (Gamelina arborea Linn.) Panchapa (Magnolia sphenocarpa Roxb.), Katholua (Cyclicodaphne nitida Roxb.), Gansarai (Cinnamomum glanduliferum Meissu), Bojramoni (Xanthoxylum rhesta DC.).