Actias gnoma

Actias gnoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Actias
Species:
A. gnoma
Binomial name
Actias gnoma
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Tropaea gnoma Butler, 1877
  • Actias artemis tomariactias Bryk, 1942

Actias gnoma, also known as the Japanese moon moth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Japan[1] and the Russian Far East.[2]

Subspecies

  • Actias gnoma gnoma (Butler, 1877)
  • Actias gnoma mandschurica (Staudinger, 1892)
  • Actias gnoma miyatai Inoue, 1976 (Japan: Hachijō-jima)

References

  1. ^ "Actias". Saturniidae Web. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. ^ Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "The Actias Leach, 1815, in the Far East: how many species?". Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. 67: 40-56.


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