RHODINIA OF THE WORLD
Updated as per D'Abrera's Saturniidae Mundi Part III, 1998, January 23, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Ulrich Paukstadt, Shin-ichi Ohshima, Weiwei Zhang, Martin Jagelka,
Kenichiro Nakao, Andreas Riekert, Robert Westphal, Eric van Schayck, Teemu klemetti, 2004-2005, January 23, 2006
Updated as per Nachr.entomol.Ver. Apollo. N.F. 21 (4): 201-206 (2001), courtesy of Stefan Naumann, May 24, 2007
Updated as per Entomofauna Monograph 1: 28-43, September 2007, Rhodinia notes and New Taxa from China, courtesy of Ronald Brechlin, February 2008
Updated as per personal communication with Alan Marson, May 2009
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 3, Heft 5, 18.11, 2010; January 22, 2012
Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 4, Heft 2, 29.06.2011; March 30, 2012

RHODINIA OF THE WORLD


Rhodinia fugax courtesy of Leroy Simon.

Moths of this genus (specimen type Rhodinia newara) fly in the fall and females lay eggs that overwinter. Eggs can be refrigerated and emerge in 8-12 days after coming out of cold, depending upon ambient temperature.

Early instar larvae are yellow and black. The fifth instar is green.

Hostplants tend to be Quercus (oaks) and Celtis sinensis (Japanese Hackberry). Rhodinia fugax feed on Philodendron (Cork Tree).

Pupae are formed in pitcher-shaped cocoons which are green (fugax, verecunda and newara; possibly others) when first spun.

Rhodinia newara cocoon, courtesy of Martin Jagelka copyright.

Rhodinia newara larva, courtesy of Martin Jagelka copyright.

Alan Marson writes, "The Rhodinias are strange. They whizz through the early instars - then seem to take an age in the 5th instar....and then, when they spin up, they seem to take an eternity to finally pupate. I have some R. newara at the moment doing the same thing. With these species they also emerge very late in the fall/autumn. Then they seems to be flexible. If it is still mild, they fly and pair at night. If it is cold, they fly and pair in the daytime - especially if they are warmed by autumn sunshine. Often its well into November when they emerge."

P indicates an image is available.

RHODINIA STAUDINGER, 1892

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Genus: Rhodinia, Staudinger, 1892

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Listing of Rhodinia

N benedeki R. Brechlin, 2011 China: Yunnan
P broschi Brechlin, 2001 China: Yunnan
P davidi (C. Oberthur, 1886) Tibet, western China: Sichuan, Qinghai, Shaanxi
P fugax diana (Oberthür, 1886) Asia Minor, Korea, northeastern China, Siberia, Primorye
P fugax fugax (Butler, 1877) Japan
P fugax szechuanensis Mell, 1938 China: Sichuan, Yunnan, Ghizhou, Guangxi; type material lost or detroyed
P fugax shaanxiana Brechlin, 2007 China: Shaanxi
P fugax jiangxiana Brechlin, 2007 China: Jiangxi
P fugax guangdongensis Brechlin, 2007 China: Guangdong, Hunan
P fugax flavescens Brechlin, 2007 China: Tibet
N shangchenensis Qian Xiang et al Shangchen, Zhejiang eastern China; nomen nudum = R. fugax
P grigauti Le Moult, 1933 northern Vietnam, northern Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, southern China
P jankowskii (Oberthür, 1880) Asia Minor, South Korea, China: northern Sichuan, Chongqing and Shaanxi, Russian Far East, Japan
P jankowskii hattoriae Inoue, 1965 Japan: Honshu, Shikoku;
P jankowskii hokkaidoensis Inoue, 1965 Hokkaido, northern Japan;
P newara (Moore, 1872) Nepal; northern India: Sikkim, Assam; Bhutan.
P rudloffi Brechlin, 2001 Vietnam, replaced in China by R. r. sinensis
P rudloffi sinensis Brechlin, 2007 China
P silkae Brechlin & van Schayck, 2010 China
P tensingyatsoi Naumann, 2001 Tibet: Yigong; China
P tensingyatsoi ssp. Tibet; China
P verecunda Inoue, 1984 Taiwan, ???China

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