Actias artemis

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Actias artemis
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Adult male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Actias
Species:
A. artemis
Binomial name
Actias artemis
(Bremer & Grey, 1853) [1]

Actias artemis is a moth native to Russia, Korea, China. [2] The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853. [3] Actias artemis is a close relative and look-alike of Actias luna , the American Luna moth.

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Images of life cycle

Host plants

Larvae can be fed on willow (Salix), alder (Alnus), hickory (Carya), oak, plum, walnut and maple.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Actias artemis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "The Actias Leach, 1815, in the Far East: how many species? (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)" (PDF). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. 67: 40–56.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Actias artemis (Bremer, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 14, 2018.


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