Ceranchia

Ceranchia
Ceranchia apollina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Bombycoidea
Family:
Saturniidae
Genus:
Ceranchia

Butler, 1878

Ceranchia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.[1]

It contains only one species, the ghostly silkmoth (Ceranchia apollina Butler, 1878) endemic to Madagascar. Diet consists of over 50 different plants including but not limited to Apocynaceae, Fabaceae, Rutaceae, Meliaceae, and Myrtaceae. This species as most Saturniidae do not feed in their adult stage as their mouths are vestigial.

References

  1. ^ Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Ceranchia apollina". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life. Retrieved November 13, 2018.


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