Silkworms Used in Chinese Silk

• The Chinese use a domesticated silkworm known as the mulberry silkworm, or Bombyx mori. It feeds on mulberry leaves during its larvae stage. But "wild silk," which is harvested from silkworms not raised on indoor farms but in plantation forests, comes from other species, such as the Tussah moth.
  
  

Silkworms Used in Indian Silk

• While India also uses the mulberry silkworm, it also produces Eri Silk, which comes from a worm called Samia cynthia ricini, which is domesticated and grown indoors. Its "wild silk" is Tasar silk from Antheraea mylitta. India also produces Muga silk from the semi-domesticated Antheraea assamensis.
  
  

Chinese Silk Textiles

• Silk can be classified into many different categories based on how the the silk threads are twisted when being spun. The basic groups are: Ling, or twill damask; Luo, or gauze; Juan, or silk tabby; and Duan, or satin.
  
  

Indian Silk Textiles

• Indian silk can be classified similarly to China's but there are some that are notably Indian. Matka silk, which is produced in Bhagalapur; Murshidabad silk, from the Murshidabad district of West Bengal; Dupion, handloomed in Bangalore; and Charka silk are all specific to India.