Antheraea

Tussar moths
	Antheraea godmani specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Tribe:	Saturniini
Genus:	Antheraea; Hübner, 1819
Type species
	Phalaena mylitta; Drury, 1773
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Telea Hübner, [1819]; Metosamia Druce, 1892; Carmenta Weymer, 1906;

Antheraea is a moth genus belonging to the family Saturniidae. The genus 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.

Taxonomy

Species

The genus includes the following species:

Antheraea alleni Holloway, 1987
Antheraea alorensis U. Paukstadt & L.h. Paukstadt, 2005
Antheraea andamana Moore, 1877
Antheraea angustomarginata Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Antheraea assamensis Helfer, 1837
Antheraea billitonensis Moore, 1878
Antheraea broschi Naumann, 2001
Antheraea brunei Allen & Holloway, 1986
Antheraea celebensis Watson, 1915
Antheraea cernyi Brechlin, 2002
Antheraea cihangiri Naumann & Naessig, 1998
Antheraea cingalesa Moore, 1883
Antheraea compta Rothschild, 1899
Antheraea cordifolia Weymer, 1906
Antheraea crypta Chu & Wang, 1993
Antheraea diehli Lemaire, 1979
Antheraea exspectata Brechlin, 2000
Antheraea fickei Weymer, 1909
Antheraea frithi Moore, 1859
Antheraea fusca Rothschild, 1903
Antheraea gephyra Niepelt, 1926
Antheraea godmani (Druce, 1892)
Antheraea gschwandneri Niepelt, 1918
Antheraea gulata Naessig & Treadaway, 1998
Antheraea hagedorni Naumann & Lourens, 2008
Antheraea halconensis U. Paukstadt & Brosch, 1996
Antheraea harndti Naumann, 1999
Antheraea helferi Moore, 1859
Antheraea hollowayi Naessig & Naumann, 1998
Antheraea imperator Watson, 1913
Antheraea jakli Naumann, 2008
Antheraea jana (Stoll, 1782)
Antheraea jawabaratensis Brechlin & Paukstadt, 2010
Antheraea kageri U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997
Antheraea kalangensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Antheraea kelimutuensis U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997
Antheraea knyvetti Hampson, 1893
?Antheraea korintjiana
Antheraea lampei Naessig & Holloway, 1989
Antheraea larissa (Westwood, 1847)
Antheraea larissoides Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea lorosae M.D. Lane, Naumann & D.A. Lane, 2004
Antheraea meisteri Brechlin, 2002
Antheraea mentawai Naessig, Lampe & Kager, 2002
Antheraea minahassae Niepelt, 1926
Antheraea montezuma (Salle, 1856)
Antheraea moultoni Watson, 1927
Antheraea myanmarensis U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Brosch, 1998
Antheraea mylitta (Drury, 1773)^[1]
Antheraea mylittoides Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea pahangensis Brechlin & Paukstadt, 2010
Antheraea oculea (Neumoegen, 1883)
Antheraea paphia Linnaeus, 1758^[2]
Antheraea pasteuri Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea paukpelengensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Antheraea paukstadtorum Naumann, Holloway & Naessig, 1996
Antheraea pedunculata Bouvier, 1936
Antheraea pelengensis Brechlin, 2000
Antheraea pernyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) – Chinese tussar moth
Antheraea perrottetii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Antheraea platessa Rothschild, 1903
Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer, 1775) – Polyphemus moth
Antheraea pratti Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea prelarissa Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea raffrayi Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea ranakaensis U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997
Antheraea rosemariae Holloway, Naessig & Naumann, 1995
Antheraea roylei Moore, 1859
Antheraea rubicunda Brechlin, 2009
Antheraea rumphii (Felder, 1861)
Antheraea schroederi U. Paukstadt, Brosch & L. Paukstadt, 1999
Antheraea semperi C. & R. Felder, 1861
Antheraea steinkeorum U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Brosch, 1999
Antheraea subcaeca Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea sumatrana Niepelt, 1926
Antheraea sumbawaensis Brechlin, 2000
Antheraea superba Inoue, 1964
Antheraea surakarta Moore, 1862
Antheraea taripaensis Naumann, Naessig & Holloway, 1996
Antheraea tenggarensis Brechlin, 2000
Antheraea ulrichbroschi U. & L. Paukstadt, 1999
Antheraea vietnamensis Brechlin & Paukstadt, 2010
Antheraea viridiscura Holloway, Naessig & Naumann, 1996
Antheraea yamamai (Guérin-Méneville, 1861) – Japanese oak silkmoth

Hybrids

Antheraea × proylei (A. pernyi male × A. roylei female)
Antheraea polyphemus male × Antheraea mylitta female (1960 - Gary Botting) (using pheromone transfer)
Antheraea polyphemus male × Antheraea yamamai female (1959 - Gary Botting) (using pheromone transfer)^[3]

Species mostly placed in other genera

Antheraea assamensis (Antheraeopsis)
Antheraea formosana Sonan, 1937^{[verification needed]} (Antheraeopsis)
Antheraea mezops Bryk, 1944^{[verification needed]} (Antheraeopsis)
Antheraea rosieri (Toxopeus, 1940)^{[verification needed]} (Loepantheraea)
Antheraea polyphemus previously placed in genus Telea^[4]

Footnotes

^ The "tasar" silkworm Archived April 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Produces Tassar silk in India". Fao.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ See: "Gary's Open Window Way to Science Prize", Toronto Telegram, 2 May 1960, page 1; "Ontario Boy Wins Top Spot in Science Fair", Toronto Telegram, 13 May 1960; "Top Winner at U.S. Fair" [Indianapolis: Special], Indianapolis Times, 14 May 1960; "Science Fair Winners", Science Newsletter, 28 May 1960; "Moths Wing Lad to Oklahoma", Toronto Telegram, 16 June 1960; "Student to be Guest of U.S. Institute", Globe and Mail, 16 June 1960; "Bright Youth Brighter Today", Weekend Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 40, 1960; "Young Expert on Moths Invited to India Talks", Toronto Telegram, 29 December 1960; "Boy Collector: Moths Win Gary World Trip", Evening News, 29 December 1960; "Young City Moth Expert Flies to India", Peterborough Examiner, 30 December 1960; "Noted U.S. Scientists Address Roorkee Meeting", American Reporter, 11 January 1961
^ See Helen Spurway

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 [sic] Mountains. By Michael M. Collins. [3]
Downloadable pdf file on Antheraea yamamai (in German) [4]^{[permanent dead link]}
"Antheraea Hübner, [1819] 1816" [5]

[1] The "tasar" silkworm Archived April 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Produces Tassar silk in India". Fao.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[3] See: "Gary's Open Window Way to Science Prize", Toronto Telegram, 2 May 1960, page 1; "Ontario Boy Wins Top Spot in Science Fair", Toronto Telegram, 13 May 1960; "Top Winner at U.S. Fair" [Indianapolis: Special], Indianapolis Times, 14 May 1960; "Science Fair Winners", Science Newsletter, 28 May 1960; "Moths Wing Lad to Oklahoma", Toronto Telegram, 16 June 1960; "Student to be Guest of U.S. Institute", Globe and Mail, 16 June 1960; "Bright Youth Brighter Today", Weekend Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 40, 1960; "Young Expert on Moths Invited to India Talks", Toronto Telegram, 29 December 1960; "Boy Collector: Moths Win Gary World Trip", Evening News, 29 December 1960; "Young City Moth Expert Flies to India", Peterborough Examiner, 30 December 1960; "Noted U.S. Scientists Address Roorkee Meeting", American Reporter, 11 January 1961

[4] See Helen Spurway

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