''Aglia'' is a genus of

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 in the family

Saturniidae Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor m ...

first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae. They don't spin a cocoon.

Species

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Aglia tau Overview ''Aglia tau'', the tau emperor, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. They are also known as giant silkmoths. It is found in Europe and across Central Asia to the Pacific coast. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

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 ...

) *'' Aglia ingens'' Naumann, 2003 *'' Aglia japonica'' Leech, 1889 *'' Aglia homora'' Jordan (in Seitz), 1911 *'' Aglia sinjaevi'' Brechlin, 2015Brechlin R. (2015). "Two new species in the genus ''Aglia'' Ochsenheimer, 1810 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae; Agliinae)". ''Entomo-Satsphingia''. 8(1): 20-25. *''

Aglia spaniolissima ''Aglia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae. They don't spin a cocoon. Species *''Aglia tau'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Aglia ingens'' Naumann, 2003 ...

'' Gómez-Bustillo, 1980 *''

Aglia vanschaycki ''Aglia'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Ochsenheimer in 1810. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agliinae. They don't spin a cocoon (silk), cocoon. Species *''Aglia tau'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edit ...

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References

Agliinae Bombycoidea genera {{Saturniidae-stub