Cricula trifenestrata

Cricula trifenestrata
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Cricula
Species: C. trifenestrata
Binomial name
Cricula trifenestrata
(Helfer, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Saturnia trifenestrata Helfer, 1837
  • Cricula andrei Holloway, 1976

The Cricula Silkmoth (Cricula trifenestrata) is a moth of the Saturniidae family. It is found from India to the Philippines, Sulawesi and Java.

Female
Upperside and Wing venation

The wingspan is 65–100 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June with a possible second brood from August to September.

The larvae have been recorded on Anacardium, Mangifera, Spondias, Careya, Bischofia, Canarium, Quercus, Cinnamomum, Machilus, Persea, Acrocarpus, Ziziphus, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Salix and Schleichera species.

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