Actias aliena

Actias aliena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Actias
Species:	A. aliena
Binomial name
	Actias aliena; (Butler, 1879)
Synonyms
	Tropaea aliena Butler, 1879;

Actias aliena is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is a large silk moth with a wingspan ranging from 100–110 mm.^[1] It is found in Japan. Its mitochondrial genome has been sequenced.^[2] Their mitochondrial genome is 15,243 bp (base pairs) long.

Subspecies

Actias aliena aliena (Butler, 1879)
Actias aliena sjoeqvisti Bryk, 1949

Gallery

Larva (color of the body just before the pupal stage)

References

^ Malay, Ali D.; Sato, Ryota; Yazawa, Kenjiro; Watanabe, Hiroe; Ifuku, Nao; Masunaga, Hiroyasu; Hikima, Takaaki; Guan, Juan; Mandal, Biman B.; Damrongsakkul, Siriporn; Numata, Keiji. "Relationships between physical properties and sequence in silkworm silks" (PDF). Scientific Reports.
^ Park, Jeong Sun; Kim, Min Jee; Kim, Iksoo (2014-01-22). "The complete mitochondrial genome of the moon moth, Actias aliena (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)". Mitochondrial DNA. 27 (1): 149–150. doi:10.3109/19401736.2013.878918. ISSN 1940-1736. PMID 24450726. S2CID 24404255.

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[1] Malay, Ali D.; Sato, Ryota; Yazawa, Kenjiro; Watanabe, Hiroe; Ifuku, Nao; Masunaga, Hiroyasu; Hikima, Takaaki; Guan, Juan; Mandal, Biman B.; Damrongsakkul, Siriporn; Numata, Keiji. "Relationships between physical properties and sequence in silkworm silks" (PDF). Scientific Reports.

[2] Park, Jeong Sun; Kim, Min Jee; Kim, Iksoo (2014-01-22). "The complete mitochondrial genome of the moon moth, Actias aliena (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)". Mitochondrial DNA. 27 (1): 149–150. doi:10.3109/19401736.2013.878918. ISSN 1940-1736. PMID 24450726. S2CID 24404255.

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