Abstract
Wild silks are those that are not mulberry silk, based on Bombyx mori. Use of wild silks to make textiles dates back millennia. A small number of moths in the families Saturniidae, Lasiocampidae, and Notodontidae are exploited today for their silk in Asia and Africa. These are tussah silk in China and Korea, tasar, muga and eri silks in India, the latter also produced in several other countries, Attacus and Cricula silks in Java, tensan silk in Japan, Kalahari wild silk in southern Africa, landibe silk in Madagascar, sanyan silk in West Africa, Epiphora silk in Sudan and West Africa, and Rothschildia silk in Argentina. Most textiles composed of wild silk are ethnographic, associated with tribes of indigenous peoples. Some wild silk industries are associated with entomophagy. The notion of peace silk is generally invalid.
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