Actias
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
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| Genus: | Actias Leach 1815 |
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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.
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.
Species[]
The genus includes the following species:
- Actias aliena (Butler, 1879)
- Actias angulocaudata Naumann & Bouyer, 1998
- Röber, 1923
- Actias artemis (Bremer & Gray, 1853)
- Actias arianeae (Brechlin, 2007)
- Actias australovietnama Brechlin, 2000
- Nässig & Treadaway, 1997
- Actias callandra Jordan, 1911 – Andaman moon moth
- Actias chapae Mell, 1950
- Actias chrisbrechlinae (Brechlin, 2007)
- Actias dubernardi (Oberthür, 1897) – Chinese luna moth
- (Butler, 1881) – Sweetheart moon moth
- Actias felicis (Oberthür, 1896)
- Actias gnoma (Butler, 1877) – Japanese moon moth
- Actias groenendaeli Roepke, 1954
- Brechlin, 2012
- Actias ignescens Moore, 1877
- Actias isis Sonthonnax, 1897
- Actias kongjiara Chu & Wang, 1993
- Actias keralana Nässig, Naumann & Giusti, 2020
- 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
- Brechlin & Saldaitis, 2016
- Actias rhodopneuma Roeber, 1925– Pink spirit moth
- Actias rosenbergii (Kaup, 1895)
- Kalis, 1934
- Actias selene (Hübner, 1806) – Indian moon moth
- (Brechlin, 2007)
- Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855) – South China moon moth
- Actias truncatipennis (Sonthonnax, 1899)
- Actias uljanae (Brechlin, 2007)
- Brechlin, 2013
- Actias winbrechlini (Brechlin, 2007)
- Actias witti (Brechlin, 2007)
- Jordan, [1912]
Selected former species[]
- Actias heterogyna (Kishida, 1993)
- Actias isabellae (Graells, 1849)
- Actias omeishana Watson, 1912
Galleries[]
Eggs[]
Actias luna eggs
Actias maenas eggs
1st Instar[]
Actias luna reared on American Sweetgum.
Actias selene reared on American Sweetgum.
2nd Instar[]
Actias artemis reared on American Sweetgum
Actias luna
Actias selene
3rd Instar[]
Actias luna
Actias selene
4th Instar[]
Actias artemis
Actias luna
Actias selene
5th Instar[]
Actias artemis
Actias luna
Actias selene
Cocoon[]
Actias luna
Adult[]
Actias artemis male
Actias dubernardi adult female
Actias dubernardi male
Actias isis adult female
Actias isis adult male
Actias luna female
Actias luna male
Actias maenas male
Actias ningpoana female
Actias selene male
Actias sinensis female
Actias sinesis male
Actias truncatipennis female
Actias truncatipennis male
References[]
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