Saturnia (moth)
| Saturnia | |
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| Giant Emperor Moth (Saturnia pyri) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Subfamily: | Saturniinae |
| Genus: | Saturnia Schrank, 1802 |
| Synonyms | |
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Eudia Jordan in Seitz, 1911 | |
Saturnia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. They are large moths, commonly called "emperor moths" though this is also used for various close relatives in subfamily Saturniinae. Most are Palearctic, but three species (S. mendocino, S. walterorum and S. albofasciata, commonly known as saturnia moths) occur in the chaparral of California.
Species
The known species of Saturnia are:
- Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938) – White-streaked Saturnia [1] (mostly in Calosaturnia)
- Saturnia atlantica Lucas, 1848
- Saturnia cameronensis Lemaire, 1979
- Saturnia centralis Naumann & Loeffler, 2005
- Saturnia cephalariae (Romanoff, 1885) (sometimes in Eudia)
- Saturnia cidosa Moore, 1865
- Saturnia cognata Jordan in Seitz, 1911
- Saturnia koreanis Brechlin, 2009
- Saturnia luctifera Jordan in Seitz, 1911
- Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876 – Mendocino Saturnia [2] (mostly in Calosaturnia)
- Saturnia pavonia – Small Emperor Moth (sometimes in Eudia)
- Saturnia pavoniella (sometimes in Eudia)
- Saturnia pinratanai Lampe, 1989
- Saturnia pyretorum Westwood, 1847
- Saturnia pyri – Giant Emperor Moth, Viennese Emperor Moth
- Saturnia spini – Sloe Emperor Moth (sometimes in Eudia)
- Saturnia taibaishanis Brechlin, 2009
- Saturnia walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958 – Walter's Saturnia [3] (mostly in Calosaturnia)
Formerly placed here was the Brazilian Arsenura pandora. Whether the Autumn Emperor Moth (Perisomena caecigena), here separated in a monotypic genus, is not actually better included in Saturnia needs to be determined; the same goes for the genus Neoris.
References
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- ↑ Paul A. Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "White-streaked saturnia moth, Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938)". Butterflies and Moths of North America..
- ↑ Paul A. Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "Mendocino saturnia moth, Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876". Butterflies and Moths of North America.
- ↑ Paul A. Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "Walters' saturnia mothSaturnia walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958". Butterflies and Moths of North America.
- A. R. Pittaway (2007-04-06). "Saturniidae of Europe".
- Wolfgang A. Nässig (2006-11-16). "Saturnia Homepage".
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