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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Actias

Higher classification
  
Royal moths

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Family
  
Saturniidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Actias Actias luna Male

Lower classifications
  
Luna Moth, Actias artemis, Actias dubernardi, Malaysian moon moth, Actias sinensis

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Actias is a 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 and Eudaemonia.

Contents

Actias World of Silkmoths

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.

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Actias luna moth lifecycle


Species

The genus includes the following species:

Actias Actias luna Linnaeus 1758 Checklist View

  • 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, 1911
  • Actias chapae Mell, 1950
  • Actias chrisbrechlinae (Brechlin, 2007)
  • Actias dubernardi (Oberthür, 1897)
  • Actias dulcinea (Butler, 1881)
  • Actias felicis (Oberthür, 1896)
  • Actias gnoma (Butler, 1877) – Japanese moon moth
  • Actias groenendaeli Roepke, 1954
  • Actias guangxiana Brechlin, 2012
  • Actias ignescens Moore, 1877
  • Actias isis Sonthonnax, 1897
  • Actias kongjiara Chu & Wang, 1993
  • Actias laotiana Testout, 1936
  • Actias luna (Linnaeus, 1758) – luna moth
  • Actias maenas (Doubleday, 1847) – Malaysian moon moth
  • Actias neidhoeferi Ong & Yu, 1968
  • Actias ningpoana Fielder, 1862 – Chinese moon moth
  • Actias parasinensis Brechlin, 2009
  • Actias philippinica Naessig & Treadaway, 1997
  • Actias rasa Brechlin & Saldaitis, 2016
  • Actias rhodopneuma Roeber, 1925
  • Actias rosenbergii (Kaup, 1895)
  • Actias seitzi Kalis, 1934
  • Actias selene (Hübner, 1806) – Indian moon moth
  • Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855) – South China moon moth
  • Actias truncatipennis (Sonthonnax, 1899)
  • Actias uljanae (Brechlin, 2007)
  • Actias vanschaycki Brechlin, 2013
  • Actias winbrechlini (Brechlin, 2007)
  • Actias witti (Brechlin, 2007)
  • Actias xenia Jordan, [1912]

    • Selected former species

  • Actias heterogyna (Kishida, 1993)
  • Actias omeishana Watson, 1912

    • Actias Actias selene Wikiwand

    Actias FileActias ningpoanajpg Wikimedia Commons

    Actias Actias luna Luna moth

    References

    Actias Wikipedia
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