Actias luna
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(Linnaeus, 1758) (Phalaena)

Actias luna male, Thornton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, courtesy of Deb Lievens .

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TAXONOMY: Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 Family: Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Subfamily Saturniinae Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Tribe: Saturniini Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Genus: Actias Leach, 1815

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