India has the distinction of producing all the four types of silk i.e. (a) Mulberry silk (9-1.7%) (b) Tasar silk (1.4%) (c) Eri silk (6.4%) and (d) Muga silk (0.5%) which are produced by different species of silkworms. Name the species that produces large amount and least amount of silk in India?

India has the distinction of producing all the four types of silk i.e.

1.	India has the distinction of producing all the four types of silk i.e. (a) Mulberry silk (9-1.7%) (b) Tasar silk (1.4%) (c) Eri silk (6.4%) and (d) Muga silk (0.5%) which are produced by different species of silkworms. Name the species that produces large amount and least amount of silk in India?
Answer» Bombyx mori produces large amount of silk in India and Antheraea assamensis produces least amount of silk in India.