Antheraea

Tussah moths
	Antheraea godmani specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Antheraea; Hübner, 1819

Antheraea is a moth genus belonging to the family Saturniidae. Several species of this genus have caterpillars which produce wild silk of commercial importance. Commonly called "tussah silk", the moths are named tussah moths after the fabric.

List of species

Antheraea alleni Holloway, 1987
Antheraea andamana Moore, 1877^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea assamensis – Assam Silkmoth, Muga Silkworm
Antheraea broschi Naumann, 2001
Antheraea brunei Allen & Holloway, 1986
Antheraea celebensis Watson, 1915
Antheraea cernyi Brechlin, 2002^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea cihangiri
Antheraea cordifolia Weymer, 1906^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea diehli
Antheraea exspectata
Antheraea formosana Sonan, 1937^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea frithi Moore, 1858^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea godmani (Druce, 1892)^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea harndti Naumann, 1999^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea helferi
Antheraea insularis Watson, 1913^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea jana
Antheraea kelimutuensis U.Paukstadt, L.H.Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea korintjiana
Antheraea larissa
Antheraea meisteri Brechlin, 2002^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea mezops Bryk, 1944^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea montezuma (Sallé, 1856)^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea moultoni
Antheraea mylitta (Drury, 1773)^[1]
Antheraea oculea^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea paphia^[2]
Antheraea pernyi – Chinese Tussah Moth, Temperate Tussah Moth
Antheraea pelengensis Brechlin, 2000^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea platessa Rothschild, 1903^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea × proylei (A. pernyi male × A. roylei female)
Antheraea polyphemus – Polyphemus Moth
Antheraea ranakaensis U.Paukstadt, L.H.Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea rosieri (Toxopeus, 1940)^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea roylei (Moore, 1859)^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea salthi Stack, 1884^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea sumbawaensis Brechlin, 2000^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea tenggarensis Brechlin, 2000^{[verification needed]}
Antheraea yamamai – Japanese Oak Silkmoth, Japanese Silk Moth

Footnotes

References

Tuskes, PM, JP Tuttle and MM Collins. 1996. The wild silk moths of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3130-1
"Studies on the filament of tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta D (Andhra local ecorace)." G. Shamitha and A. Purushotham Rao. CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 90, NO. 12, 25 JUNE 2006, pp. 1667–1671. PDF file downloadable from: [1]

External links

"Raw & Organic Silk: Facts behind the Fibers" [2]
"Walter Sweadner and the Wild Silk Moths of the Bitteroot Mountains. By Michael M. Collins. [3]
Downloadable pdf file on Antheraea yamamai (in German) [4]
"ANTHERAEA Hübner, [1819] 1816" [5]

[1] The "tasar" silkworm

[2] Produces Tassar silk in India

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