Actias sinensis

Actias sinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Saturniini
Genus: Actias
Species: Actias sinensis
Subspecies: A. s. sinensis – A. s. siriae – A. s. subaurea

Name

Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855)

• Type locality: North China

Synonyms

• Tropaea sinensis Walker, 1855
• Actias heterogyna Mell, 1914 (synonymized by Brechlin, 2012: 45).

References

• Brechlin, R. & Van Schauyck, E. (2017): A new taxon in the genus Actias Leach, 1815 from S Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 10 (2): 10–13.
• Brechlin, R. (2012): Six new species of the genus Actias Leach, 1815 from South-East Asia. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5 (3): 41–51.
• Kishida, Y. (1993): Description of a New Subspecies of Actias heterogyna Mell, 1914 from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Gekkan-Mushi (267): 18–20.

External links

• The Kirby Wolfe Saturniidae Collection male, female and larva Photo

Vernacular names

English: Chinese moon moth