Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Saturniidae Scientific name Actias ningpoana | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Actias Rank Subspecies | |
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Similar Actias selene, Actias, Actias dubernardi, Actias sinensis, Actias neidhoeferi | ||
The Chinese moon moth (Actias ningpoana) is a moth of the Saturniidae family.
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Taxonomy
The taxon ningpoana Felder has been regarded as a subspecies of Actias selene until recently [4] and was included as a good species in Ylla et at. (2005).
Range
Larva
Usually very fleshy with clumps of raised bristles.
Pupa
The pupa develops in a silken cocoon or in the soil
Adult
They have small heads, densely hairy bodies, and can have a wingspan ranging from 13 to 15 centimeters.
Host plants
In Hong Kong, A. ningpoana has been reared on camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) (Hill et al., 1982 as Arctias [sic] selene), sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana) (Barretto, 2004), Hibiscus, Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) & willow (Salix babylonica) (Yiu, 2006)
References
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