Consider the following statements 1 Silk Warm produces the silk of commercial importance in pupa sta...........

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Consider the following statements:

1. Silk Warm produces the silk of commercial importance in pupa stage of its life cycle.

2. It grows on the leaves of the Ficus tree.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 Nor 2

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Explanation:

The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silkmoth. It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk. A silkworm's preferred food is white mulberry leaves, though they may eat other mulberry species and even osage orange. Domestic silkmoths are closely dependent on humans for reproduction, as a result of millennia of selective breeding. Wild silkmoths are different from their domestic cousins as they have not been selectively bred; they are not as commercially viable in the production of silk. Sericulture the practice of breeding silkworms for the production of raw silk.