Myrica, also known as bayberry, from Myricaceae family, used to produce Bayberry wax
This area is lies on the mountain on the northern slopes of western Himalayas.This place is full of Rhododendron, Quercus, Myrica and Pinus forests.
Myrica species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Brown-tail, Emperor Moth, and Winter Moth as well as the bucculatricid leaf-miners Bucculatrix cidarella, Bucculatrix myricae (feeds exclusively on Myrica gale) and Bucculatrix paroptila and the Coleophora case-bearers C. comptoniella, C. pruniella, and C. viminetella.
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It was used for that purpose by the eponymous family in the novel The Swiss Family Robinson.
Myrica rubra | Myrica |
The larvae feed on deciduous trees and shrubs, including Myrica (including Myrica gale), Vaccinium (including Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium uliginosum), Rhododendron, Malus, Betula, Salix and Populus species.