Saturnia (moth)

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Saturnia
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Giant emperor moth (Saturnia pyri)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Tribe: Saturniini
Genus: Saturnia
Schrank, 1802
Synonyms
  • EudiaJordan in Seitz, 1911
  • HeraeaHübner, 1822
  • PavoniaHübner [1819] (non Lamarck, 1816: preoccupied)

Saturnia is a genus of large silkmoths in the family Saturniidae, which the German biologist Franz von Paula Schrank first described in 1802. Its members are commonly named emperor moths, though this is also used for various close relatives in subfamily Saturniinae. The known species are found across the Palearctic. However, three allied species, commonly called "saturnia moths" inhabit the chaparral of California. These have been included as species of the genus Saturnia in some schemes, but recently are treated as a separate genus Calosaturnia , only in the United States. [1]

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Species

The known species of Saturnia are: [2]

The following American species have been previously included in Saturnia in some schemes, but more recently as Calosaturnia [1]

Else, the Brazilian Arsenura pandora has been previously placed in the genus Saturnia. Whether the autumn emperor moth ( Perisomena caecigena ), should be included in Saturnia needs to be determined; the same goes for the genus Neoris .

References

  1. 1 2 Daniel Rubinoff; Camiel Doorenweerd (16 March 2020). "Systematics and Biogeography Reciprocally Illuminate Taxonomic Revisions in the Silkmoth Genus Saturnia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 74 (1): 1–6. doi:10.18473/LEPI.74I1.A1. ISSN   0024-0966. Wikidata   Q110445241.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Saturnia Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ Paul A. Opler; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "White-streaked saturnia moth, Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Archived from the original on 2007-02-07..
  4. ↑ Paul A. Opler; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "Mendocino saturnia moth, Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Archived from the original on 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
  5. ↑ Paul A. Opler; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "Walters' saturnia moth Saturnia walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
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