Actias artemis is a moth native to Japan, Korea, China, India and Malaysia. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853.[2] Actias artemis is a close relative and look-alike of Actias luna, the American Luna moth.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Actias |
| Species: | A. artemis
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Images of life cycle
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Adult male
Host plants
editLarvae can be fed on willow (Salix), alder (Alnus), hickory (Carya), oak, plum, walnut and maple.
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Actias artemis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Actias artemis (Bremer, 1861)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
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