Aglia tau

Male dorsal view

Male ventral view

Female, dosal side

Female, ventral side

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: 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 Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Eulepidoptera Sectio: Ditrysia Subsectio: Apoditrysia Clade: Obtectomera Clade: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilie: Agliinae
Genus: Aglia
Species: Aglia tau
Subspecies: A. t. amurensis – A. t. ferenigra – A. t. tau

Name

Agliau tau (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Phalaena Bombyx Tau Linnaeus, 1758

References

• Naumann, S. ; U. Brosch & W.A. Nässig, 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: [1]

Vernacular names

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

Photos

• Moths and butterflies of Europe and North Africa [2]
• The Kirby Wolfe Saturniidae Collection male and larva [3]
• Saturniidae of Europe [4]

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