More recently, the hybridogenic species Antheraea × proylei is being bred for tussah silk production.

For reasons unknown, it is a case of paternal mtDNA transmission: the mitochondrial genome, normally inherited from the mother only in sexually reproducing organisms, is almost identical to that of the present species.

[5] The immune responses of A. pernyi to bacterial infection have been analysed based on injection by Escherichia coli D31.

[6] Also, injection of E. coli led to the discovery of a 380-kDa lectin with affinity to galactose and resulted in an increase of hemagglutinating activity.

[8] Changes occurring with aging at the dendrite level of olfactory receptor neurons were studied in male A peryni.