[1] The larvae feed on Cinnamomum, Funastrum (including former Sarcostemma species), Laurus, Litsea, Carpinus, Persea, Magnolia, Michelia, Quercus and Symplocos.

Like other silk moths, the female has a larger abdomen and slender antennae when compared to males.

[2][3] In 2015, Adarsh Gupta K of Nagaraju's research team at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India, discovered the complete sequence and the protein structure of muga silk fibroin and published it in Nature Scientific Reports.

[4] In 2009, Utpal Bora and his team at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in Assam reported the potential of using muga silk fibroin as a promising biomaterial for tissue engineering applications.

[5] The disease known as pebrine is caused by Microsporidia (intercellular, fungal parasites), and affects Antheraea assamensis.