Antheraea

Antheraea is a moth genus belonging to the family Saturniidae. Several species of this genus have caterpillars which produce wild silk of commercial importance. Commonly called "tussah silk", the moths are named tussah moths after the fabric.

List of species

• Antheraea alleni Holloway, 1987
• Antheraea andamana Moore, 1877
• Antheraea assamensis – Assam Silkmoth, Muga Silkworm
• Antheraea broschi Naumann, 2001
• Antheraea brunei Allen & Holloway, 1986
• Antheraea celebensis Watson, 1915
• Antheraea cernyi Brechlin, 2002
• Antheraea cihangiri
• Antheraea cordifolia Weymer, 1906
• Antheraea diehli
• Antheraea exspectata
• Antheraea formosana Sonan, 1937
• Antheraea frithi Moore, 1858
• Antheraea godmani (Druce, 1892)
• Antheraea harndti Naumann, 1999
• Antheraea helferi
• Antheraea insularis Watson, 1913
• Antheraea jana
• Antheraea kelimutuensis U.Paukstadt, L.H.Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997
• Antheraea korintjiana
• Antheraea larissa
• Antheraea meisteri Brechlin, 2002
• Antheraea mezops Bryk, 1944
• Antheraea montezuma (Sallé, 1856)
• Antheraea moultoni
• Antheraea mylitta (Drury, 1773)^[1]
• Antheraea oculea
• Antheraea paphia^[2]
• Antheraea pernyi – Chinese Tussah Moth, Temperate Tussah Moth
• Antheraea pelengensis Brechlin, 2000
• Antheraea platessa Rothschild, 1903
• Antheraea × proylei (A. pernyi male × A. roylei female)
• Antheraea polyphemus – Polyphemus Moth
• Antheraea ranakaensis U.Paukstadt, L.H.Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997
• Antheraea rosieri (Toxopeus, 1940)
• Antheraea roylei (Moore, 1859)
• Antheraea salthi Stack, 1884
• Antheraea sumbawaensis Brechlin, 2000
• Antheraea tenggarensis Brechlin, 2000
• Antheraea yamamai – Japanese Oak Silkmoth, Japanese Silk Moth

Footnotes

References

• Tuskes, PM, JP Tuttle and MM Collins. 1996. The wild silk moths of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3130-1
• "Studies on the filament of tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta D (Andhra local ecorace)." G. Shamitha and A. Purushotham Rao. CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 90, NO. 12, 25 JUNE 2006, pp. 1667–1671. PDF file downloadable from: [1]

External links

• "Raw & Organic Silk: Facts behind the Fibers" [2]
• "Walter Sweadner and the Wild Silk Moths of the Bitteroot Mountains. By Michael M. Collins. [3]
• Downloadable pdf file on Antheraea yamamai (in German) [4]
• "ANTHERAEA Hübner, [1819] 1816" [5]