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Samia (moth)
''Samia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Species *''Samia abrerai'' Naumann & Peigler, 2001 *''Samia canningi'' (Hutton, 1859) *''Samia ceramensis'' (Bouvier, 1927) *''Samia cynthia'' (Drury, 1773) *''Samia fulva'' Jordan, 1911 *''Samia insularis'' (Snellen von Vollenhoven, 1862) *''Samia kohlli'' Naumann & Peigler, 2001 *''Samia luzonica'' (Watson, 1914) *''Samia naessigi'' Naumann & Peigler, 2001 *''Samia naumanni'' U. Paukstadt, Peigler & L. Paukstadt, 1998 *''Samia peigleri'' Naumann & Naessig, 1995 *''Samia pryeri'' (Butler, 1878) *''Samia ricini'' (Donovan, 1798) *''Samia tetrica'' (Rebel, 1924) *''Samia treadawayi'' Naumann, 1998 *''Samia vandenberghi'' (Watson, 1915) *''Samia wangi'' Naumann & Peigler, 2001 *''Samia watsoni'' (Oberthuer, 1914) *''Samia yayukae'' U. Paukstadt, Peigler & L. Paukstadt, 1993 References Saturniinae {{Saturniidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samia Cynthia
''Samia cynthia'', the ailanthus silkmoth, is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, ''Bombyx mori''. The moth has very large wings of , with a quarter-moon shaped spot on both the upper and lower wings, whitish and yellow stripes and brown background. There are eyespots on the outer forewings. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. Eri silk The common name, ailanthus silkmoth, refers to the host plant ''Ailanthus''. There is a subspecies, ''S. cynthia ricini'' in India and Thailand that feeds upon the leaves of castor bean, and is known for the production of eri silk, and is often referred to by the common name eri silkmoth. The eri silk worm is the only completely domesticated silkworm other than ''Bombyx mori''. The silk is extremely durable, but cannot be easily reeled off the cocoon and is thus spun like cotton or wool. Range Peigler & Naumann (2003),Peigler, R.S. & Naumann, S., 2003. ''A Revision of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
