Attacus

Attacus is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of Systema Naturae.[1]

Attacus
Attacus taprobanis from the Western Ghats of India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Tribe: Attacini
Genus: Attacus
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
  • Arcuata Perry, 1811

The genus contains the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas), and Attacus caesar, the second and third largest known moths (in terms of wingspan), though different sources treat one or the other as slightly larger.[2][3]

Species

Male Attacus dohertyi from Timor
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See also

References

  1. "Attacus". Encyclopedia of Life.
  2. Book of Insect Records - Chapter 32: Largest Lepidopteran Wing Span
  3. Peigler, Richard S. (1989). A Revision of the Indo-Australian Genus Attacus (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Lepidoptera Research Foundation. ISBN 0961146427. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  • Media related to Attacus at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Attacus at Wikispecies
  • Savela, Markku. "Attacus Linnaeus, 1767". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
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