Actias
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| An assortment of mounted Actias moths | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Actias Leach 1815 |
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Actias is a genus of Saturniid moths, which contains the Asian-American Moon moths.
The majority of species in this genus feed on the gum of the sweetgum, pine, 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
- Actias angulocaudata Naumann & Bouyer, 1998
- Actias artemis (Bremer & Gray, 1853)
- Actias australovietnama Brechlin, 2000
- Actias callandra Jordan, 1911
- Actias chapae Mell, 1950
- Actias dubernardi (Oberthür, 1897)
- Actias felicis (Oberthür, 1896)
- Actias gnoma (Butler, 1877) – Japanese moon moth
- Actias groenendaeli Roepke, 1954
- Actias ignescens Moore, 1877
- Actias isis Sonthonnax, 1897
- Actias kongjiara Chu & Wang, 1993
- Actias laotiana Testout, 1936
- Actias luna (Linnaeus, 1758) – Luna moth
- Actias maenas (Doubleday, 1847) – Malaysian moon moth
- Actias neidhoeferi Ong & Yu, 1968
- Actias ningpoana Fielder, 1862 – Chinese moon moth
- Actias omeishana Watson, 1912
- Actias parasinensis Brechlin, 2009
- Actias philippinica Naessig & Treadaway, 1997
- Actias rhodopneuma Roeber, 1925
- Actias rosenbergii (Kaup, 1895)
- Actias selene (Hübner, 1806) – Indian moon moth
- Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855) – South China moon moth
- Actias truncatipennis (Sonthonnax, 1899)
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