Actias selene

Indian moon moth
Adult male from the Western Ghats
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Actias
Species:
A. selene
Binomial name
Actias selene
(Hübner, 1807)
Synonyms
  • Echidna selene Hübner, 1807
  • Actias selene omeishana Watson, 1913

Actias selene, the Indian moon moth or Indian luna moth, is a species of saturniid moth from Asia. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1807. This species is popular among amateur entomologists and is often reared from eggs or cocoons that are available from commercial sources. They fly mainly at night.

Distribution

This moth is quite widespread, found from India to Japan and then south into Nepal, Sri Lanka, Borneo, and other islands in eastern Asia. Many subspecies live in Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Russia, China, Java, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Borneo.

Subspecies

  • Actias selene selene (Hübner, 1807)
  • Actias selene brevijuxta (Nässig & Treadaway, 1997)
  • Actias selene eberti Rougeot, 1969 (Afghanistan)
  • Actias selene taprobanis U. Paukstadt & L.H. Paukstadt, 1999 (Sri Lanka)

Hybrid

Graellsia isabellae × Actias selene is a hybrid of the Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) and the Indian moon moth.[1][2]

Adult

Male: Head, thorax, and abdomen white; palpi pink, prothorax with a dark pink band; legs pink. Forewing very pale green, white at base; a dark pink costal fascia, darkest along subcostal vein: an outwardly-oblique pale yellow antemedial line; two inwardly-oblique slightly curved submarginal lines; a pale yellow marginal band; a dark red-brown lunule at end of cell, with a grey line on it, bounding inwardly a round ochreous spot with pinkish centre. Hindwing similar to the forewing; the central portion of the tail pinkish.

Female: The outer margin less excised and waved; the yellow markings less developed; the antemedial line of forewing nearer the base, and that on hindwing absent; the tail less pink.[3]

Life cycle

Eggs are 2 mm (0.079 in), coloured white with extensive black and brown mottling. Incubation lasts approximately 12 days and newly hatched larvae are red with a black abdominal saddle. Second-instar larvae are all red with black heads. It is not until the third instar that larvae take on a green colour. The developing larvae prefer humid conditions.

Larva

Larva apple green; paired dorsal and lateral yellow spinous tubercles on each somite except the last; dorsal yellow hairs; lateral and ventral black hairs; the pad to anal claspers rufous.

Pupa

Cocoon pale brown and oval.

Images of life cycle

  • Hatching caterpillars
    Hatching caterpillars
  • Newly hatched caterpillars
    Newly hatched caterpillars
  • Second-instar larva with third instars in the background
    Second-instar larva with third instars in the background
  • Fifth-instar larva
    Fifth-instar larva
  • Fifth-instar larva closeup to show head and mouthparts
    Fifth-instar larva closeup to show head and mouthparts
  • Last moult stage
    Last moult stage
  • Cocoon cut away to show prepupa stage
    Cocoon cut away to show prepupa stage
  • Actias selene, adult male
    Actias selene, adult male

Host plants

References

  1. ^ "Graellsia isabellae x Actias selene (Hybrid)". The Insect Collector. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.[better source needed]
  2. ^ Adès, D.; Cocault, R.; Lemaître, R.; Vuattoux, R.; Zaun, R. (1993). "Hybridation Entre Graelsia isabelae Graëlls Mâle et Actias selene Hubner Femelle" (PDF). Insectes (in French). 89 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). "Family Saturnidæ". In Blanford, W. T. (ed.). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths - Vol. I. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 13–14 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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