Aglia tau

♂ dorsal

♂ ventral

♀ dorsal

♀ ventral

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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
Subfamilie: Agliinae
Genus: Aglia
Species: Aglia tau
Subspecies: A. t. amurensis – A. t. ferenigra – A. t. tau

Name

Aglia tau (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Phalaena Bombyx tau Linnaeus, 1758

References

• Phalaena Bombyx tau Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 497
• Naumann, S., Brosch, U. & Nässig, W.A. 2003. A catalogue and annotated checklist of the subfamily Agliinae Packard, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). 1. Review of the Aglia species with description of a new taxon from Sichuan, China. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 24(4): 173–182. Full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• čeština: Martináč bukový
• Deutsch: Nagelfleck
• English: Tau Emperor
• français: Hachette
• svenska: Nagelspinnare

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