Actias

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Actias
An assortment of mounted Actias moths and their cocoons
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Tribe:	Saturniini
Genus:	Actias Leach 1815
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
Echidna Hübner, [1807] Tropaea Hübner, [1819] Meceura Billberg, 1820 Artemis Kirby & Spence, 1828 Plectropteron Hutton, 1846 Argema Wallengren, 1858 Angas Wallengren, 1865 Sonthonnaxia Watson, 1913 Proactias Arora & Gupta, 1979

Actias is a genus of Saturniid moths, which contains the Asian-American moon moths. Long tails on their hindwings are among their distinctive traits. Other moths with similar appearance are Copiopteryx, Argema and Eudaemonia.

The majority of species in this genus feed on the leaves of sweetgum, pine, or similar trees. As with all Saturniids, adult Actias moths lack functional mouthparts so their lifespan after emergence from the cocoon only ranges from a few days to a week.

Species

• Actias aliena (Butler, 1879)
• Actias angulocaudata Naumann & Bouyer, 1998
• Actias apollo Röber, 1923
• Actias artemis (Bremer & Gray, 1853)
• Actias arianeae (Brechlin, 2007)
• Actias australovietnama Brechlin, 2000
• Actias brevijuxta Nässig & Treadaway, 1997
• Actias callandra Jordan, 1911 – Andaman moon moth
• Actias chapae Mell, 1950
• Actias chrisbrechlinae (Brechlin, 2007)
• Actias dubernardi (Oberthür, 1897) – Chinese luna moth
• Actias dulcinea (Butler, 1881) – Sweetheart moon moth
• Actias felicis (Oberthür, 1896)
• Actias gnoma (Butler, 1877) – Japanese moon moth
• Actias groenendaeli Roepke, 1954
• Actias guangxiana Brechlin, 2012
• Actias ignescens Moore, 1877
• Actias isis Sonthonnax, 1897
• Actias kongjiara Chu & Wang, 1993
• Actias keralana Nässig, Naumann & Giusti, 2020
• Actias laotiana Testout, 1936
• Actias luna (Linnaeus, 1758) – Luna moth
• Actias maenas (Doubleday, 1847) – Malaysian moon moth
• Actias neidhoeferi Ong & Yu, 1968
• Actias ningpoana Fielder, 1862 – Chinese moon moth
• Actias parasinensis Brechlin, 2009
• Actias philippinica Naessig & Treadaway, 1997
• Actias rasa Brechlin & Saldaitis, 2016
• Actias rhodopneuma Roeber, 1925– Pink spirit moth
• Actias rosenbergii (Kaup, 1895)
• Actias seitzi Kalis, 1934
• Actias selene (Hübner, 1806) – Indian moon moth
• Actias shaanxiana (Brechlin, 2007)
• Actias sinensis (Walker, 1855) – South China moon moth
• Actias truncatipennis (Sonthonnax, 1899)
• Actias uljanae (Brechlin, 2007)
• Actias vanschaycki Brechlin, 2013
• Actias winbrechlini (Brechlin, 2007)
• Actias witti (Brechlin, 2007)
• Actias xenia Jordan, [1912]

Selected former species

• Actias heterogyna (Kishida, 1993)
• Actias isabellae (Graells, 1849)
• Actias omeishana Watson, 1912

Galleries

Eggs

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  Actias luna eggs
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  Actias maenas eggs

1st Instar

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  Actias luna reared on American Sweetgum.
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  Actias selene reared on American Sweetgum.

2nd Instar

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  Actias artemis reared on American Sweetgum
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  Actias luna
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  Actias selene

3rd Instar

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  Actias luna
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  Actias selene

4th Instar

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  Actias artemis
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  Actias luna
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  Actias selene

5th Instar

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  Actias artemis
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  Actias luna
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  Actias selene

Cocoon

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  Actias luna

Adult

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  Actias artemis male
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  Actias dubernardi adult female
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  Actias dubernardi male
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  Actias isis adult female
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  Actias isis adult male
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  Actias luna female
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  Actias luna male
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  Actias maenas male
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  Actias ningpoana female
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  Actias selene male
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  Actias sinensis female
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  Actias sinesis male
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  Actias truncatipennis female
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  Actias truncatipennis male

References

• RightHealth