''Actias'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Saturniid moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s, which contains the Asian-American moon moths. Long tails on their hindwings are among their distinctive traits. Other moths with similar appearance are ''
Copiopteryx
''Copiopteryx'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by James Duncan and John O. Westwood
John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893) was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his ar ...
'', ''
Argema
''Argema'' is a genus of moths from the family Saturniidae, commonly known as moon moths. They are distinguished by long tails on their hindwings.
Species
*''Argema besanti'' (Rebel, 1895)
*''Argema fournieri'' (Darge, 1971)
*''Argema kuhnei'' ...
'' and ''
Eudaemonia''.
The majority of species in this genus feed on the leaves of
sweetgum
''Liquidambar'', commonly called sweetgum
(star gum in the UK),
gum, redgum, satin-walnut, or American storax, is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species. They were formerly often treated in Hamamelidaceae ...
,
pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accep ...
, 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
The genus includes the following species:
*''
Actias aliena''
(Butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some a ...
, 1879)
*''
Actias angulocaudata''
Naumann & Bouyer, 1998
*''
Actias apollo''
Röber, 1923
*''
Actias artemis''
( Bremer & Gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
, 1853)
*''
Actias arianeae''
(Brechlin, 2007)
*''
Actias australovietnama''
Brechlin, 2000
*''
Actias brevijuxta''
Nässig & Treadaway, 1997
*''
Actias callandra''
Jordan
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, 1911 – Andaman moon moth
*''
Actias chapae''
Mell, 1950
*''
Actias chrisbrechlinae
''Actias chrisbrechlinae'' is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in China (Yunnan, Sichuan and Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Reg ...
''
(Brechlin, 2007)
*''
Actias dubernardi
''Actias dubernardi'', the Chinese moon moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1897.
Range
This moth can be found in parts of China.
Life cycle
It takes 70–85 days to progress from an ...
''
( Oberthür, 1897) – Chinese luna moth
*''
Actias dulcinea''
(Butler, 1881) – Sweetheart moon moth
*''
Actias felicis
''Actias felicis'' is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in China (Tibet).
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Pinus'' species, including ''Pinus radiata
''Pinus radiata'' ( syn. ''Pinus insignis''), the Monterey pine, ins ...
''
( Oberthür, 1896)
*''
Actias gnoma
''Actias gnoma'', also known as the Japanese moon moth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.
Adults are light greenish blue with a ra ...
''
(Butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some a ...
, 1877) – Japanese moon moth
*''
Actias groenendaeli
''Actias groenendaeli'' is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Roepke in 1954. It is found in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pa ...
''
Roepke, 1954
*''
Actias guangxiana''
Brechlin, 2012
*''
Actias ignescens''
Moore, 1877
*''
Actias isis''
Sonthonnax, 1897
*''
Actias kongjiara''
Chu & Wang, 1993
*''
Actias keralana''
*''
Actias laotiana''
Testout, 1936
*''
Actias luna
The Luna moth (''Actias luna'') also known as the American moon moth is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly known as giant silk moths. It has lime-green colored wings and a white body. The larvae ( ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) – 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– Pink spirit moth
*''
Actias rosenbergii''
(Kaup, 1895)
*''
Actias seitzi''
Kalis, 1934
*''
Actias selene
''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 coco ...
''
(Hübner __NOTOC__
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The name means an agricultural worker, a farmer, possibly and specifically one who worked a "hube", which was a piece of land roughly equivalent to the English measuremen ...
, 1806) – Indian moon moth
*''
Actias shaanxiana''
(Brechlin, 2007)
*''
Actias sinensis''
(Walker
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*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
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Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 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, 912
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Selected former species
*''
Actias heterogyna''
(Kishida, 1993)
*''
Actias isabellae''
(Graells, 1849)
*''
Actias omeishana''
Watson, 1912
Galleries
Eggs
Image:Actias luna eggs sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna'' eggs
Image:Actias maenas ova sjh.JPG, ''Actias maenas'' eggs
1st Instar
Image:Actias luna 1st instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna'' reared on American Sweetgum
American sweetgum (''Liquidambar styraciflua''), also known as American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, redgum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, alligatorwood, or simply sweetgum, is a deciduous tree in the genus ''Liquidambar'' native to warm temper ...
.
Image:Actias selene 1st instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene'' reared on American Sweetgum
American sweetgum (''Liquidambar styraciflua''), also known as American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, redgum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, alligatorwood, or simply sweetgum, is a deciduous tree in the genus ''Liquidambar'' native to warm temper ...
.
2nd Instar
Image:Actias artemis 2nd instar 1 sjh.jpg, ''Actias artemis'' reared on American Sweetgum
American sweetgum (''Liquidambar styraciflua''), also known as American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, redgum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, alligatorwood, or simply sweetgum, is a deciduous tree in the genus ''Liquidambar'' native to warm temper ...
Image:Actias luna 2nd instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Image:Actias selene 2nd instar 3 sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene''
3rd Instar
Image:Actias luna 3rd instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Image:Actias selene 3rd instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene''
4th Instar
Image:Actias artemis 4th instar 1 sjh.jpg, ''Actias artemis''
Image:Actias luna 4th instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Image:Actias selene 4th instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene''
5th Instar
Image:Actias artemis 5th instar 3 sjh.jpg, ''Actias artemis''
Image:Actias luna 5th instar 3 sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Image:Actias selene 5th instar 2 sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene''
Cocoon
Image:Actias luna cocoons sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Adult
Image:Actias artemis.jpg, ''Actias artemis'' male
Image:Actias dubernardi female sjh.jpg, ''Actias dubernardi'' adult female
Image:Actias dubernardi male sjh.jpg, ''Actias dubernardi'' male
Image:Actias isis female sjh.jpg, ''Actias isis'' adult female
Image:Actias isis male sjh.jpg, ''Actias isis'' adult male
Image:Actias luna female sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna'' female
Image:Actias luna male sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna'' male
Image:Actias maenas adult male sjh.jpg, ''Actias maenas'' male
Image:Actias ningpoana female sjh.jpg, ''Actias ningpoana'' female
Image:Actias selene adult male sjh.jpg, ''Actias selene'' male
Image:Actias sinensis adult female sjh.jpg, ''Actias sinensis'' female
Image:Actias sinensis adult male sjh.jpg, ''Actias sinesis'' male
Image:Actias truncatipennis adult female sjh.jpg, ''Actias truncatipennis'' female
Image:Actias truncatipennis adult male sjh.jpg, ''Actias truncatipennis'' male
References
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Saturniinae
Moth genera
Taxa named by William Elford Leach
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