page_title: Samia cynthia
section_title: Pupae
hierarchical_section_title: Samia cynthia / Life cycle / Pupae
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Eri cocoons seen at 7Weaves, used in production of Eri silk in Assam by indigenous communities
context_page_description: Samia cynthia, the ailanthus silkmoth, is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth has very large wings of 113–125 mm, with a quarter-moon shaped spot on both the upper and lower wings, whitish and yellow stripes and brown background. There are eyespots on the outer forewings. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
context_section_description: A silken off-white to grey cocoon is spun on the leaves of the host. It has an obvious escape hatch.
caption: Eri cocoons, as seen at 7Weaves, Assam
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