''Actias'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Saturniid moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s, which contains the Asian-American moon moths. Long tails on their hindwings are among their distinctive traits. Other moths with similar appearance are ''
Copiopteryx'', ''
Argema'' and ''
Eudaemonia
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In the works of Aristotle, ''eudaimonia'' was the term for the highest human g ...
''.
The majority of species in this genus feed on the leaves of
sweetgum
''Liquidambar'', commonly called sweetgum (star gum in the UK), gum, redgum, satin-walnut, styrax or American storax, is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species. They were formerly often treated as a part of ...
,
pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.
''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as cu ...
, or similar trees. As with all Saturniids, adult ''Actias'' moths lack functional mouthparts so their lifespan after emergence from the
cocoon only ranges from a few days to a week.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Actias'':
*''
Actias acutapex''
Kishida, 2000
*''
Actias aliena''
(Butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantr ...
, 1879)
*''
Actias angulocaudata''
Naumann & Bouyer, 1998
*''
Actias apollo''
Röber, 1923
*''
Actias arianeae''
(Brechlin, 2007)
*''
Actias artemis''
( Bremer & Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 1853)
*''
Actias australovietnama''
Brechlin, 2000
*''
Actias brevijuxta''
Nässig & Treadaway, 1997
*''
Actias bulbosa''
Nässig & Treadaway, 1997
*''
Actias callandra''
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
, 1911 – Andaman moon moth
*''
Actias chapae''
Mell, 1950
*''
Actias chrisbrechlinae''
(Brechlin, 2007)
*''
Actias diana''
Maasen, 1872
*''
Actias dubernardi''
( Oberthür, 1897) – Chinese luna moth
*''
Actias dulcinea''
(Butler, 1881) – Sweetheart moon moth
*''
Actias eberti''
Rougeot, 1969
*''
Actias felicis''
( Oberthür, 1896)
*''
Actias gnoma''
(Butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantr ...
, 1877) – Japanese moon moth
*''
Actias graesilia''
*''
Actias groenendaeli''
Roepke, 1954
*''
Actias guangxiana''
Brechlin, 2012
*''
Actias heterogyna''
Mell, 1914
*''
Actias ignescens''
Moore, 1877
*''
Actias isabellae''
(Graells, 1849)
*''
Actias isis''
Sonthonnax, 1897
*''
Actias keralana''
Nässig, Naumann & Giusti, 2020
*''
Actias kongjiara''
Chu & Wang, 1993
*''
Actias lamdongensis''
*''
Actias laotiana''
Testout, 1936
*''
Actias laovieta''
Naumann, Nässig & Löffler, 2017
*''
Actias loeffleri''
Naumann & Smetacek, 2023
*''
Actias luna''
(Linnaeus
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, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
) – Luna moth
*''
Actias maenas''
(Doubleday
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* Doubleday (surname), including a list of people with the name
Publishing imprints
* Doubleday (publisher), imprint of Knopf Doubleday, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House
* Doubleday Canada, imprint of Penguin Random ...
, 1847) – Malaysian moon moth
*''
Actias neidhoeferi''
Ong & Yu, 1968 0*''
Actias ningpoana
''Actias ningpoana'', the Chinese moon moth, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by father-and-son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is quite large, and has long, curved, hindwing tai ...
''
Fielder, 1862 – Chinese moon moth
*''
Actias parasinensis''
Brechlin, 2009
*''
Actias peggyae''
Brechlin, 2017
*''
Actias philippinica''
Naessig & Treadaway, 1997
*''
Actias rasa''
Brechlin & Saldaitis, 2016
*''
Actias rhodopneuma''
Roeber, 1925– Pink spirit moth
*''
Actias rosenbergii''
(Kaup, 1895)
*''
Actias seitzi''
Kalis, 1934
*''
Actias selene''
(Hübner __NOTOC__
Hübner is a Germanic surname, sometimes spelled Huebner or Hubner.
The name means an agricultural worker, a farmer, possibly and specifically one who worked a "hube", which was a piece of land roughly equivalent to the English measuremen ...
, 1806) – Indian moon moth
*''
Actias shaanxiana''
(Brechlin, 2007)
*''
Actias sinensis''
(Walker
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People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1855) – South China moon moth
*''
Actias smetaceki''
Naumann, 2023
*''
Actias sumbawaensis''
U. Paukstadt, L.H. Paukstadt & Rougerie, 2010
*''
Actias timorensis''
U. Paukstadt , L.H. Paukstadt & Rougerie, 2010
*''
Actias truncatipennis''
(Sonthonnax, 1899)
*''
Actias uljanae''
(Brechlin, 2007)
*''
Actias vanschaycki''
Brechlin, 2013
*''
Actias winbrechlini''
(Brechlin, 2007)
*''
Actias witti''
(Brechlin, 2007)
*''
Actias xenia''
Jordan, 912
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__NOTOC__
Events By place Byzantine Empire
* May 11 – Emperor Leo VI (the Wise) dies after a 26-year reign, in which he has completed the Byzantine c ...
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Selected former species
*''
Actias heterogyna''
(Kishida, 1993)
*''
Actias isabellae''
(Graells, 1849)
*''
Actias omeishana''
Watson, 1912
Galleries
Eggs
Image:Actias luna eggs sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna'' eggs
Image:Actias maenas ova sjh.JPG, ''Actias maenas'' eggs
1st Instar
Image:Actias luna 1st instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna'' reared on American Sweetgum
''Liquidambar styraciflua'', commonly known as the American sweetgum among other names, is a deciduous tree in the genus ''Liquidambar'' native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central A ...
.
Image:Actias selene 1st instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene'' reared on American Sweetgum
''Liquidambar styraciflua'', commonly known as the American sweetgum among other names, is a deciduous tree in the genus ''Liquidambar'' native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central A ...
.
2nd Instar
Image:Actias artemis 2nd instar 1 sjh.jpg, ''Actias artemis'' reared on American Sweetgum
''Liquidambar styraciflua'', commonly known as the American sweetgum among other names, is a deciduous tree in the genus ''Liquidambar'' native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central A ...
Image:Actias luna 2nd instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Image:Actias selene 2nd instar 3 sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene''
3rd Instar
Image:Actias luna 3rd instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Image:Actias selene 3rd instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene''
4th Instar
Image:Actias artemis 4th instar 1 sjh.jpg, ''Actias artemis''
Image:Actias luna 4th instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Image:Actias selene 4th instar sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene''
5th Instar
Image:Actias artemis 5th instar 3 sjh.jpg, ''Actias artemis''
Image:Actias luna 5th instar 3 sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Image:Actias selene 5th instar 2 sjh.JPG, ''Actias selene''
Cocoon
Image:Actias luna cocoons sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna''
Adult
Image:Actias artemis.jpg, ''Actias artemis'' male
Image:Actias dubernardi female sjh.jpg, ''Actias dubernardi'' adult female
Image:Actias dubernardi male sjh.jpg, ''Actias dubernardi'' male
Image:Actias isis female sjh.jpg, ''Actias isis'' adult female
Image:Actias isis male sjh.jpg, ''Actias isis'' adult male
Image:Actias luna female sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna'' female
Image:Actias luna male sjh.JPG, ''Actias luna'' male
Image:Actias maenas adult male sjh.jpg, ''Actias maenas'' male
Image:Actias ningpoana female sjh.jpg, ''Actias ningpoana'' female
Image:Actias selene adult male sjh.jpg, ''Actias selene'' male
Image:Actias sinensis adult female sjh.jpg, ''Actias sinensis'' female
Image:Actias sinensis adult male sjh.jpg, ''Actias sinesis'' male
Image:Actias truncatipennis adult female sjh.jpg, ''Actias truncatipennis'' female
Image:Actias truncatipennis adult male sjh.jpg, ''Actias truncatipennis'' male
References
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Saturniinae
Bombycoidea genera
Taxa named by William Elford Leach
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