Actias
Genus of moths
Actias
An assortment of mounted Actias moths and their cocoons
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Saturniidae
Tribe:
Saturniini
Genus:
Actias Leach 1815
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
Echidna Hübner, [1807] Tropaea Hübner, [1819] Meceura Billberg, 1820 Artemis Kirby & Spence, 1828 Plectropteron Hutton, 1846 Argema Wallengren, 1858 Angas Wallengren, 1865 Sonthonnaxia Watson, 1913 Proactias Arora & Gupta, 1979
Actias genus of Saturniid moths , which contains the Asian-American moon moths . Long tails on their hindwings are among their distinctive traits. Other moths with similar appearance are Copiopteryx Argema Eudaemonia
The majority of species in this genus feed on the leaves of sweetgum , pine , or similar trees. As with all Saturniids, adult Actias moths lack functional mouthparts so their lifespan after emergence from the cocoon only ranges from a few days to a week.
Species
Actias aliena (Butler , 1879) Actias angulocaudata Naumann & Bouyer, 1998 Actias apollo Röber, 1923 Actias artemis (Bremer & Gray , 1853) Actias arianeae (Brechlin, 2007) Actias australovietnama Brechlin, 2000 Actias brevijuxta Nässig & Treadaway, 1997 Actias callandra Jordan , 1911Actias chapae Mell, 1950 Actias chrisbrechlinae (Brechlin, 2007) Actias dubernardi (Oberthür , 1897) – Chinese luna mothActias dulcinea (Butler, 1881) – Sweetheart moon mothActias felicis (Oberthür , 1896) Actias gnoma (Butler , 1877) – Japanese moon mothActias groenendaeli Roepke, 1954 Actias guangxiana Brechlin, 2012 Actias ignescens Moore, 1877 Actias isis Sonthonnax, 1897 Actias kongjiara Chu & Wang, 1993 Actias keralana Nässig, Naumann & Giusti, 2020 Actias laotiana Testout, 1936 Actias luna (Linnaeus , 1758 ) – Luna mothActias maenas (Doubleday , 1847) – Malaysian moon mothActias neidhoeferi Ong & Yu, 1968 Actias ningpoana Fielder, 1862 – Chinese moon mothActias parasinensis Brechlin, 2009 Actias philippinica Naessig & Treadaway, 1997 Actias rasa Brechlin & Saldaitis, 2016 Actias rhodopneuma Roeber, 1925 – Pink spirit mothActias rosenbergii (Kaup, 1895) Actias seitzi Kalis, 1934 Actias selene (Hübner , 1806) – Indian moon mothActias shaanxiana (Brechlin, 2007) Actias sinensis (Walker , 1855) – South China moon mothActias truncatipennis (Sonthonnax, 1899) Actias uljanae (Brechlin, 2007) Actias vanschaycki Brechlin, 2013 Actias winbrechlini (Brechlin, 2007) Actias witti (Brechlin, 2007) Actias xenia Jordan, [1912]
Galleries
Eggs
Actias luna eggs
Actias maenas eggs
1st Instar
2nd Instar
3rd Instar
Actias luna
Actias selene
4th Instar
Actias artemis
Actias luna
Actias selene
5th Instar
Actias artemis
Actias luna
Actias selene
Cocoon
Adult
Actias artemis male
Actias dubernardi adult female
Actias dubernardi male
Actias isis adult female
Actias isis adult male
Actias luna female
Actias luna male
Actias maenas male
Actias ningpoana female
Actias selene male
Actias sinensis female
Actias sinesis male
Actias truncatipennis female
Actias truncatipennis male
References
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