| Actias callandra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Actias |
| Species: | A. callandra |
| Binomial name | |
| Actias callandra Jordan, 1911 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Actias callandra, the Andaman moon moth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in India (the Andaman Islands). [1]
The larvae have been reared on Lannea coromandelica and possibly also feed on Rhizophora species. [2]
The Malaysian moon moth is a Saturniid in the subfamily Saturniinae from Indomalaya. The male is purplish-brown and yellow, while the larger female is overall light green.
Actias is a genus of Saturniid moths, which contains the Asian-American moon moths. Long tails on their hindwings are among their distinctive traits. Other moths with similar appearance are Copiopteryx, Argema and Eudaemonia.
Actias isis is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Léon Sonthonnax in 1899.
Actias ningpoana, the Chinese moon moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by father-and-son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1862. It is quite large, and has long, curved, hindwing tails. There are many congeners across Asia; the Luna moth of Eastern Canada and the United States is a close relative.
Actias sinensis, the Golden moon moth, is a moth of the Family Saturniidae. It is found in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar, India and Thailand. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1855.
Actias gnoma, the Japanese moon moth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.
Actias groenendaeli is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Roepke in 1954. It is found in Indonesia.
Actias angulocaudata is a moth in the family Saturniidae described by Stefan Naumann and Thierry Bouyer in 1998. It is found in China and Laos.
Actias australovietnama is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Vietnam.
Actias chapae or colloquially known as the 'celestial moon moth' is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Vietnam and China and potentially other countries in the region; it is a montane species recorded from 1500m and higher. It appears to be an exclusive pine feeder and has been raised on many different species of Pinus in captivity.
Actias ignescens is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Laos and India, where it has been recorded from the Andaman Islands.
Actias parasinensis, the Western Golden moon moth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Bhutan, India, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
Actias philippinica is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in the Philippines. It is very similar in appearance to Actias isis.
Actias rhodopneuma, colloquially known as the pink spirit moth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in China, Laos, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand and India. While there are not many reports about their host plants in the wild, in captivity they have been raised on Liquidambar, Cotinus, Prunus, Salix and Rhus. Usually it occupies the mountainous regions within its natural range and is found from 1000 m up to 4500 m in the mountains.
Actias arianeae is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in China (Shaanxi).
Actias chrisbrechlinae is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in China.
Actias winbrechlini is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in China (Yunnan) and Burma.
Actias witti is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in India.
Actias keralana is a species of moth of the family Saturniidae described by Wolfgang A. Nässig, Stefan Naumann and Alessandro Giusti in 2020. It is native to southern India.
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