Table 1.

Host miRNAs targeting viral genes.

Host miRNAs	Functional target in the viral genome	Function	References
miR-8	BmNPV immediate-early gene (ie-1)	Replication	Singh et al., 2012
bantam	lef8, gp41, and p10		Shi et al., 2016
miR-278-3p	Insulin-related peptide-binding protein 2 (IBP2)	B.mori immune response	Wu et al., 2016
miR-274-3p	BmCPV nonstructural protein 5 (NS5) and p10	Viral replication	Wu et al., 2017
miR-2,819	BmNPV immediate-early gene (ie-1)	Replication	Wu et al., 2019
miR-390	BmNPV-cg30	Occlusion bodies formation	Kang et al., 2018