Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains...
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polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths. It is a tan-colored moth, with an average wingspan...
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Eacles imperialis, the imperial moth, is a member of the family Saturniidae and subfamily Ceratocampinae. It is found mainly in the East of South America...
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known as the orange-tipped oakworm, is a Nearctic moth of the family Saturniidae and subfamily Ceratocampinae. It is one of the more common Saturniids...
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also called the American moon moth, is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly named the giant silk moths....
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the pink-striped oakworm moth, is a species of silk moth of the family Saturniidae. The female's wings are purplish red with ochre-yellow. They have thin...
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Not all silk is produced by Bombyx mori. There are several species of Saturniidae that also are farmed for their silk, such as the ailanthus moth (Samia...
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Coscinocera hercules (category Saturniidae stubs)
Coscinocera hercules, the Hercules moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae, endemic to New Guinea and northern Australia. The species was first described...
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regal moth or royal walnut moth, is a North American moth in the family Saturniidae. The caterpillars are called hickory horned devils. The adult (imago)...
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refer to Moths that produce silk in their larval stage, including many Saturniidae, Bombycidae, and Apatelodidae moths. The moth superfamily Bombycoidea...
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Adelowalkeria is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Travassos in 1941. Adelowalkeria caeca Lemaire, 1969 Adelowalkeria eugenia...
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Antheraea yamamai (category Saturniidae stubs)
yamamayu(ga) (山繭(蛾)・ヤママユ(ガ)) or tensan (天蚕)) is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is endemic to east Asia, but has been imported to Europe for tussar...
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Dryocampa rubicunda (category Saturniidae)
rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths. It was first described by Johan...
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Saturnia is a genus of large silkmoths in the family Saturniidae, which the German biologist Franz von Paula Schrank first described in 1802. Its members...
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700 described species of Enicospilus. They are larval parasitoids of Saturniidae. Shimizu, So; Broad, Gavin R.; Maeto, Kaoru (2020-11-10). "Integrative...
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Lepidoptera of New Zealand consists of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the islands of New Zealand. According to a recent estimate there are...
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Attacus caesar (category Saturniidae)
Attacus caesar is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in the southern Philippines. It has the second largest documented wingspan of any moth...
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Rothschildia orizaba (category Saturniidae stubs)
Rothschildia orizaba, the Orizaba silkmoth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by John O. Westwood in 1854. It is found...
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commonly known as the promethea silkmoth, is a member of the family Saturniidae, which contains approximately 1,300 species. It is also known as the...
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Samia ricini (category Saturniidae stubs)
ricini, the eri silkmoth, is a species of insect, a member of the family Saturniidae which includes the giant silk moths. This moth is a domestic polyhybrid...
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Actias angulocaudata (category Saturniidae stubs)
Actias angulocaudata is a moth in the family Saturniidae described by Stefan Naumann and Thierry Bouyer in 1998. It is found in China and Laos. Naumann...
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(1996). The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. The Cornell series in arthropod biology...
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Hyalophora (category Saturniidae stubs)
Hyalophora is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841. Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus...
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Actias laotiana (category Saturniidae stubs)
Actias laotiana is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Laos. "Actias". Saturniidae Web. Retrieved 16 January 2017. v t e...
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eucalypti, the emperor gum moth, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae native to Australia. This species was formerly placed in the genus Antheraea...
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Callosamia angulifera (category Saturniidae stubs)
angulifera, the tuliptree silkmoth or giant silkmoth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in North America from Massachusetts east through central...
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Actias chapae (category Saturniidae stubs)
colloquially known as the 'celestial moon moth' is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Vietnam and China and potentially other countries in...
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Actias aliena (category Saturniidae stubs)
Actias aliena is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is a large silk moth with a wingspan ranging from 100–110 mm. It is found in Japan. Its mitochondrial...
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is North America's largest native moth. It is a member of the family Saturniidae, or giant silk moths. Females have been documented with a wingspan of...
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Antheraea roylei is a large moth in the family Saturniidae occurring in Nepal, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, West Malaysia, and the Himalayan regions of India...
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