Actias ningpoana
| Chinese moon moth | |
|---|---|
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| Actias ningpoana, adult female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Actias |
| Species: | A. ningpoana |
| Binomial name | |
| Actias ningpoana Fielder, 1862 | |
The Chinese moon moth (Actias ningpoana) is a moth of the Saturniidae family.
Taxonomy
The taxon ningpoana Felder has been regarded as a subspecies of Actias selene until recently 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.
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Yiu, V., 2006. Insecta Hongkongica. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Lepidopterists' Society & Hong Kong Discovery. 656 pp.