Actias selene Hübner

First and second instar larva.
 

Male and female.






  • Distribution. Asiatic. India, Sri Lanka, Burma, China.
  • Ovum. Large, round and mottled with sandy-brown.
  • Foodplants. Polyphagous. Juglans regia, Liquidambar styraciflua, Malus, Salix, Betula, Pyrus, Prunus, Quercus, Q. ilex, Rhododendron. Sometimes larva eat Prunus larrocerasus.
  • Larva. Last instar larva is 8-9 cm. long. They are red with black point in the first-second instar and change in green in the third instar.
  • Cocoon. Round withe in colour.
  • Adults. Both sexes 13-15 cm.

    • Books. For more informations see Gardiner (1982), Baxter (1992), Peigler R. S., Wang H. Y. (1996) Pinratana A., Lampe R. E. J. (1990).
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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