Actias ningpoana

Actias ningpoana is a moth of the Family Saturniidae, also known as the Chinese Moon Moth.

Contents 1 Taxonomy 2 Range 3 Life cycle 3.1 Larva 3.2 Pupa 3.3 Adult 3.4 Images of life cycle 4 Host plants 5 References

Taxonomy

The taxon ningpoana Felder has been regarded as a subspecies of Actias selene until recently [4] and was included as a good species in Ylla et at. (2005)^[1].

Range

• China (Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan) (Zhu & Wang, 1996^[2])
• Russia (far east) (Zolotuhin & Chuvilin, 2009^[3])

Life cycle

Larva

Usually very fleshy with clumps of raised bristles.

Pupa

The pupa develops in a silken cocoon or in the soil

Adult

They have small heads, densely hairy bodies, and can have a wingspan ranging from 13 to 15 centimeters.

Images of life cycle

Host plants

In Hong Kong, A. ningpoana has been reared on Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) (Hill et al., 1982^[4] as Arctias [sic] selene), sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana) (Barretto, 2004^[5]), Hibiscus, Chinese Tallow (Sapium sebiferum) & Willow (Salix babylonica) (Yiu, 2006^[6])

References

1. ^ Ylla, J., R. S. Peigler & A. Y. Kawahara, 2005. Cladistic analysis of moon moths using morphology, molecules, and behaviour: Actias Leach, 1815; Argema Wallengren, 1858; Graellsia grote, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia 33: 299-317 [1]
2. ^ Zhu, H. F. & L. Y. Wang, 1996. Fauna Sinica Insecta 5 Lepidoptera: Bombycidae, Saturniidae, Thyrididae. Beijing: Sciences Press. x + 302 pp. ISBN 7-03-004551-3
3. ^ Zolotuhin, V. V. & A. V. Chuvilin, 2009. On the species compound of the genus Actias Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) of Russia. Eversmannia 19:21-31 [2]
4. ^ Hill, D. S., P. Hore & I. W. B. Thornton, 1982. Insects of Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. xxv + 502 pp. ISBN 962-209-008-7
5. ^ Barretto, G. D'A., 2004. Check list of plants at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden. Hong Kong: Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Corporation. xxviii + 232 pp. ISBN 962-8869-04-3 [3]
6. ^ Yiu, V., 2006. Insecta Hongkongica. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Lepidopterists' Society & Hong Kong Discovery. 656 pp.