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]
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| Attacus taprobanis from the Western Ghats of India | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Tribe: | Attacini |
| Genus: | Attacus Linnaeus, 1767 |
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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
- Attacus atlas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Oriental region) – Atlas moth
- Attacus aurantiacus W. Rothschild, 1895 (Kai Archipelago)
- Attacus caesar Maassen, 1873 (Philippines)
- Attacus crameri C. Felder, 1861 (Buru, Seram, Ambon)
- Attacus dohertyi W. Rothschild, 1895 (Sumba, Timor, Roma, and Damar)
- Attacus erebus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Sulawesi)
- Attacus inopinatus Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920 (Sumbawa, Flores)
- Attacus intermedius Jurriaanse & Lindemans, 1920 (Tanimbar Archipelago, Babar Archipelago)
- Attacus lemairei Peigler, 1985 (Palawan)
- Attacus lorquinii C. & R. Felder, 1861 (Philippines)
- Attacus mcmulleni Watson, 1914 (Andamans)
- Attacus paraliae Peigler, 1985 (Banggai Archipelago, Sula Archipelago)
- Attacus paukstadtorum Brechlin, 2010 (Lombok)
- Attacus philippina Bouvier, 1930 (Philippines)
- Attacus selayarensis Naumann & Peigler, 2010 (Selayar)
- Attacus siriae Brechlin & van Schayck, 2016 (Buru)
- Attacus suparmani U. & L. Paukstadt, 2002 (Alor)
- Attacus taprobanis Moore, 1882 (Sri Lanka, southwestern India)
- Attacus wardi W. Rothschild, 1910 (northern Australia)
Male Attacus dohertyi from Timor
See also
References
- "Attacus". Encyclopedia of Life.
- Book of Insect Records - Chapter 32: Largest Lepidopteran Wing Span
- Peigler, Richard S. (1989). A Revision of the Indo-Australian Genus Attacus (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Lepidoptera Research Foundation. ISBN 0961146427. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
External links
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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