The Saturniinae or saturniines are a subfamily of the family Saturniidae, also known as giant silkmoths. They are commonly known as emperor moths or wild...
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and summer broods look different from each other; for example, the two Saturniinae species Actias luna (the luna moth) and Callosamia securifera both have...
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American moon moth, is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly named the giant silk moths. The moth has lime-green...
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moths, though this is also used for various close relatives in subfamily Saturniinae. Most species are Palearctic, but three, commonly called "saturnia moths"...
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Malaysian moon moth (Actias maenas) is a Saturniid in the subfamily Saturniinae from Indomalaya. The male is purplish-brown and yellow, while the larger...
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List of Lepidoptera of Michigan (section Saturniinae)
This is a list of butterflies and moths—species of the order Lepidoptera—that have been observed in the U.S. state of Michigan. Eastern tiger swallowtail...
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List of Lepidoptera of Indiana (section Saturniinae)
This is a list of butterflies and moths—species of the order Lepidoptera—found in the U.S. state of Indiana. Pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor Zebra...
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Emperor bream Emperor penguin Emperor moths, moths of the subfamily Saturniinae in particular the type genus Saturnia Emperor scorpion a number of brush-footed...
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moth is a general term describing imagos (winged adults) of several Saturniinae species, having as a distinctive trait large round or near-round spots...
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Gonimbrasia belina (category Saturniinae)
Gonimbrasia belina is a species of emperor moth which is native to the warmer parts of southern Africa. Its large edible caterpillar, known as the mopane...
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This is a list of the moths of family Saturniidae that are found in Canada. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full...
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Archaeoattacus edwardsii (category Saturniinae)
Atlas moth, is a moth belonging to the family Saturniidae and subfamily Saturniinae. The species was first described by Francis Buchanan White in 1859. Archaeoattacus...
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Coscinocera hercules (category Saturniinae)
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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Cirina butyrospermi (category Saturniinae)
Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae Subfamily: Saturniinae Tribe: Bunaeini Genus: Cirina Species: C. butyrospermi Binomial name...
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Comet moth (category Saturniinae)
The comet moth or Madagascan moon moth (Argema mittrei) is a moth native to the rain forests of Madagascar. The species was first described by Félix Édouard...
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Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae Subfamily: Saturniinae Tribe: Saturniini Genus: Caligula Species: C. jonasi Binomial name Caligula...
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Archaeoattacus (category Saturniinae)
is a genus of moths belonging to the family Saturniidae and subfamily Saturniinae. The species of this genus are present in the Himalayas, Sundaland and...
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Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae Subfamily: Saturniinae Tribe: Saturniini Genus: Caligula Species: C. simla Binomial name Caligula...
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Samia ricini (category Saturniinae)
Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae Subfamily: Saturniinae Tribe: Attacini Genus: Samia Species: S. ricini Binomial name Samia ricini...
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Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae Subfamily: Saturniinae Genus: Eudaemonia Hübner, 1819 Type species Eudaemonia argus (Fabricius...
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Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae Subfamily: Saturniinae Tribe: Saturniini Genus: Caligula Species: C. lindia Binomial name Caligula...
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Graellsia isabellae (category Saturniinae)
Graellsia isabellae, the Spanish moon moth, is in the silkmoth family Saturniidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Graellsia. The species...
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Pselaphelia (category Saturniinae)
Pselaphelia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1904. Pselaphelia antelata Darge, 2003...
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List of Lepidoptera of Honduras (section Saturniinae)
The Lepidoptera of Honduras consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Honduras. According to a recent estimate, there are a total of 861...
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film Athlete (2019 film), a Japanese film Athletes (moth), a genus of Saturniinae moth Athletes (film), a 1925 German silent film Athletes (1977 series)...
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Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae Subfamily: Saturniinae Tribe: Saturniini Genus: Caligula Species: C. japonica Binomial name...
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Samia (moth) (category Saturniinae)
Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae Subfamily: Saturniinae Tribe: Attacini Genus: Samia Hübner, [1819] Synonyms Philosamia Grote...
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Ceranchia (category Saturniinae)
Ceranchia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. It contains only one species, the ghostly silkmoth...
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Samia cynthia (category Saturniinae)
Samia cynthia, the ailanthus silkmoth, is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth...
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Loepa katinka (category Saturniinae)
Loepa katinka, the golden emperor moth, is a species of moth belonging to the genus Loepa of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Southeast Asia and...
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