Antheraea is a genus of moths belonging to the family Saturniidae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Several species of this genus have caterpillars which produce wild silk of commercial importance. Commonly called "tussar silk", the moths are named tussar moths after the fabric.
Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths. It is a tan-colored moth, with...
Antheraea assamensis, known as the muga silkworm as a larva and Assam silk moth as an adult, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. The species was first...
Antheraea yamamai, the Japanese silk moth or Japanese oak silkmoth (Japanese: yamamayu(ga) (山繭(蛾)・ヤママユ(ガ)) or tensan (天蚕)) is a moth of the family Saturniidae...
Antheraea paphia, known as the South India small tussore, the tasar silkworm and vanya silkworm is a species of moth of the family Saturniidae found in...
Antheraea pernyi, the Chinese oak tussar moth, Chinese tasar moth, or temperate tussar moth, is a large moth in the family Saturniidae. The species was...
the Chinese oak silkmoth (Antheraea pernyi), the Assam silkmoth (Antheraea assamensis), and the Japanese silk moth (Antheraea yamamai). The larvae of many...
Antheraea larissa is a silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae found in Sundaland. The species was first described by John O. Westwood in 1847. The larvae...
Kenya. The arjuna is one of the species whose leaves are fed on by the Antheraea paphia moth which produces the tassar silk, a wild silk of commercial...
Antheraea jana is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Stoll in 1782. It is found in Sundaland, the Andamans and Myanmar. Wikispecies has...
are also found wild on forest trees, e.g Antheraea paphia which produces the tasar silk (Tussah). Antheraea paphia feeds on several trees such as Anogeissus...
Antheraea roylei is a large moth in the family Saturniidae occurring in Nepal, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, West Malaysia, and the Himalayan regions of India...
Antheraea helferi is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya and Sundaland...
Antheraea diehli is a moth of the family Saturniidae found in Sumatra, Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. The species was first described by Claude Lemaire...
Antheraea andamana is a moth of the Saturniidae family that was first described by Frederic Moore in 1877. It is found in the Andaman Islands. Prashanth...
number for Antheraea oculea is 7757.1. "Antheraea oculea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-17. "Antheraea oculea Species...
media related to Antheraea godmani. Wikispecies has information related to Antheraea godmani. Savela, Markku (January 7, 2019). "Antheraea godmani (Druce...
Antheraea alleni is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1987. It is found in Borneo. The wingspan is 45–52 mm...
Antheraea broschi is a moth of the family Saturniidae found in eastern Malaysia. Wikispecies has information related to Antheraea broschi. Image Species...
Antheraea cihangiri is a moth of the family Saturniidae found in Pulau Peleng. Wikispecies has information related to Antheraea cihangiri. Image v t e...
Antheraea korintjiana is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Eugène Louis Bouvier in 1928. It is found in Borneo, Sumatra and Peninsular...
when disturbed. Examples: Luna moth (Actias luna) and Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus). The clicks may serve as aposematic warning signals to a regurgitation...
Antheraea brunei is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Michael G. Allen and Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1986. It is found in Borneo and...
mankind for survival. A number of wild moths such as Bombyx mandarina, and Antheraea species, besides others, provide commercially important silks. The preference...
Antheraea cingalesa, the Sri Lankan tussar silk moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1883....
has media related to Antheraea rosieri. Wikispecies has information related to Antheraea rosieri. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Antheraea rosieri Toxopeus comb...
Antheraea moultoni is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Watson in 1927. It is found in Borneo. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Antheraea moultoni...
Saturniidae native to Australia. This species was formerly placed in the genus Antheraea. The emperor gum moth may inhabit all states of Australia, however it...
from larvae of several species of silkworms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea, including A. assamensis, A. paphia, A. pernyi, A. roylei, and A. yamamai...
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