Actias artemis

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Actias artemis
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Adult male
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Actias
Species:
A. artemis
Binomial name
Actias artemis
(Bremer & Grey, 1853)[1]

Actias artemis is a moth native to Japan, Korea, China, India and Malaysia. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853.[2] Actias artemis is a close relative and look-alike of Actias luna, the American Luna moth.

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Larvae can be fed on willow (Salix), alder (Alnus), hickory (Carya), oak, plum, walnut and maple.

References[]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Actias artemis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Actias artemis (Bremer, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 14, 2018.


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