Actias artemis
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Actias |
| Species: | A. artemis |
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| Actias artemis | |
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.
Images of life cycle
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Adult male
Host plants
Larvae can be fed on willow (Salix), alder (Alnus), hickory (Carya), oak, plum, walnut and maple.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "The Actias Leach, 1815, in the Far East: how many species? (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)" (PDF). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. 67: 40–56.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Actias artemis (Bremer, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 14, 2018.