Actias sinensis

Actias sinensis, the Chinese moon moth, is a moth of the Family Saturniidae. It is found in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, India and Thailand. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1855.[2]

Chinese moon moth
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Actias
Species:
A. sinensis
Binomial name
Actias sinensis
(Walker, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tropaea sinensis Walker, 1855
  • Actias heterogyna Mell, 1914

Subspecies
  • Actias sinensis sinensis
  • Actias sinensis subaurea Kishida, 1993 (northern China)
  • From Xingping, Guangxi
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gollark: 36%, apparently.
gollark: Even if you picked randomly this would be quite unlikely.
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gollark: It appears that I MAY have to implement my own monitoring system using bees.

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. "Taxonomy Browser: Actias sinensis". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  • Brechlin, R., 2012: six new species of the genus Actias Leach, 1815 from South-East Asia. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5 (3): 41-51.
  • Kishida, Y., 1993. Description of a New Subspecies of Actias heterogyna Mell, 1914 from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Gekkan-Mushi (267): 18-20.


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