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Actias artemis

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Actias artemis
Actias artemis, adult male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Actias
Species:
A. artemis
Binomial name
Actias artemis
(Bremer & Gray 1853)

Actias artemis is a moth native to Japan, Korea, China, India and Malaysia. Actias artemis is a close relative and look-alike of Actias luna, the American luna moth.

Images of life cycle

Host plants

Larvae can be fed on willow (Salix), alder (Alnus), hickory (Carya), oak, plum, walnut and maple.