- Source: Saturnia (moth)
Saturnia is a genus of large silkmoths in the family Saturniidae, which the German biologist Franz von Paula Schrank first described in 1802. Its members are commonly named emperor moths, though this is also used for various close relatives in subfamily Saturniinae. Most species are Palearctic, but three, commonly called "saturnia moths", inhabit the chaparral of California: S. mendocino, S. walterorum, and S. albofasciata.
Species
The known species of Saturnia are:
Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938) – white-streaked saturnia (mostly in Calosaturnia)
Saturnia atlantica Lucas, 1848
Saturnia bieti Oberthür, 1886
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 (mostly in Calosaturnia)
Saturnia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) – small emperor moth (sometimes in Eudia)
Saturnia pavoniella (Scopoli, 1763) (sometimes in Eudia)
Saturnia pinratanai Lampe, 1989
Saturnia pyri (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – giant emperor moth, Viennese emperor moth
Saturnia spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) – sloe emperor moth (sometimes in Eudia)
Saturnia taibaishanis Brechlin, 2009
Saturnia walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958 – Walter's saturnia (mostly in Calosaturnia)
Saturnia zuleika Hope, 1843
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
A. R. Pittaway (April 6, 2007). "Saturniidae of Europe".
Wolfgang A. Nässig (November 16, 2006). "Saturnia Homepage".
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Saturnia (moth)
- Saturnia pavonia
- Saturnia pyri
- Saturnia albofasciata
- Saturnia mendocino
- Saturnia spini
- Saturnia walterorum
- Hyalophora cecropia
- Saturnia pavoniella
- Saturnia zuleika
