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]
Actias gnoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Saturniidae |
Genus: | Actias |
Species: | A. gnoma
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Binomial name | |
Actias gnoma (Butler, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
edit- Actias gnoma gnoma (Butler, 1877)
- Actias gnoma mandschurica (Staudinger, 1892)
- Actias gnoma miyatai Inoue, 1976 (Japan: Hachijō-jima)
References
edit- ^ "Actias". Saturniidae Web. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ Zolotuhin, V. V. (2011). "The Actias Leach, 1815, in the Far East: how many species?". Neue Entomologische Nachrichten. 67: 40-56.