Actias artemis

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.

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

Images of life cycle
  • 2nd-instar larva reared on American sweetgum
  • 2nd-instar larva
  • 4th-instar larvae
  • 5th-instar larvae
  • 5th-instar larvae
  • 5th-instar larva
  • Adult male

Host plants

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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