Actias luna

Actias luna

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Saturniini
Genus: Actias
Species: Actias luna

Name

Actias luna (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Phalaena luna Linnaeus, 1758
• Tropaea dictynna Walker, 1855
• Actias azteca Packard, 1869
• Actias rossii Ross, 1872
• Saturnia bolli Wagner, 1876
• Actias maasseni Kirby, 1892
• Tropaea rubromarginata Davis, 1912
• Tropaea rubrosuffusa Cockerell, 1914
• Tropaea mariae Benjamin, 1922
• Tropaea lacrimens Niepelt, 1923

Photos

• The Kirby Wolfe Saturniidae Collection male,female,larva [1]

Vernacular names

English: Luna Moth
français: Papillon lune
magyar: Amerikai holdasszövő
norsk: Amerikansk månespinner