''Aglia'' is a genus of

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 in the family

Saturniidae Saturniidae, commonly known as saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor moths, royal moths, and gi ...

first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae.

Species

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Aglia tau ''Aglia tau'', the tau emperor, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. They are also known as giant silkmoths. It is found in Europe and across Central Asia to the Pacific coast. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edi ...

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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 ...

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Aglia ingens ''Aglia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae. Species *''Aglia tau'' (Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also kn ...

'' Naumann, 2003 *''

Aglia japonica ''Aglia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae. Species *''Aglia tau'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Aglia ingens ''Aglia'' is a genus of moths in the fam ...

'' Leech, 1889 *''

Aglia homora ''Aglia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae. Species *''Aglia tau'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Aglia ingens'' Naumann, 2003 *''Aglia japonica ''Agli ...

'' Jordan (in Seitz), 1911 *''

Aglia sinjaevi ''Aglia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae. Species *''Aglia tau'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Aglia ingens'' Naumann, 2003 *''Aglia japonica'' Leech, ...

'' Brechlin, 2015Brechlin R. (2015). "Two new species in the genus ''Aglia'' Ochsenheimer, 1810 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae; Agliinae)". ''Entomo-Satsphingia''. 8(1): 20-25. *''

Aglia spaniolissima ''Aglia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae. Species *''Aglia tau'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Aglia ingens'' Naumann, 2003 *''Aglia japonica'' Leech, ...

'' Gómez-Bustillo, 1980 *''

Aglia vanschaycki ''Aglia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae. Species *''Aglia tau'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Aglia ingens'' Naumann, 2003 *''Aglia japonica'' Leech, ...

'' Brechlin, 2015

References

Agliinae Moth genera {{Saturniidae-stub