Saturnia (moth)
| Saturnia | |
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| Giant emperor moth (Saturnia pyri) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
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| Genus: | Saturnia Schrank, 1802 |
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Saturnia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Franz Paula von Schrank in 1802. They are large moths, commonly called emperor moths though this is also used for various close relatives in subfamily Saturniinae. Most are Palearctic, but three species (S. mendocino, S. walterorum and S. albofasciata, commonly known as saturnia moths) occur in the chaparral of California.
Species[]
The known species of Saturnia are:[1]
- Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938) – white-streaked saturnia[2] (mostly in Calosaturnia)
- Lucas, 1848
- Oberthür, 1886
- Lemaire, 1979
- Naumann & Loeffler, 2005
- (Romanoff, 1885) (sometimes in Eudia)
- Moore, 1865
- Jordan in Seitz, 1911
- Brechlin, 2009
- Jordan in Seitz, 1911
- Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876 – Mendocino saturnia[3] (mostly in Calosaturnia)
- Saturnia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) – small emperor moth (sometimes in Eudia)
- Saturnia pavoniella (Scopoli, 1763) (sometimes in Eudia)
- Lampe, 1989
- Saturnia pyri (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – giant emperor moth, Viennese emperor moth
- Saturnia spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) – sloe emperor moth (sometimes in Eudia)
- Brechlin, 2009
- Saturnia walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958 – Walter's saturnia[4] (mostly in Calosaturnia)
- Saturnia zuleika Hope, 1843
Formerly placed here was the Brazilian Arsenura pandora. Whether the autumn emperor moth (Perisomena caecigena), here separated in a monotypic genus, is not actually better included in Saturnia needs to be determined; the same goes for the genus .
References[]
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- ^ Savela, Markku. "Saturnia Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^ Paul A. Opler; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "White-streaked saturnia moth, Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Archived from the original on 2007-02-07..
- ^ Paul A. Opler; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "Mendocino saturnia moth, Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876". Butterflies and Moths of North America.
- ^ Paul A. Opler; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "Walters' saturnia moth Saturnia walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958". Butterflies and Moths of North America.
- A. R. Pittaway (April 6, 2007). "Saturniidae of Europe".
- Wolfgang A. Nässig (November 16, 2006). "Saturnia Homepage".
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