Antheraea compta
Updated as per personal communication with Thierry Bouyer, September 4, 2006
Updated as per All-Leps:: Barcode of Life, September 4, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Johnny Marchant (wingspans/female), April 8, 2007

Antheraea compta
Rothschild, 1899

Antheraea compta, India, courtesy of Thierry Bouyer.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Genus: Antheraea, Hubner, 1819

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Antheraea compta moth (wingspan: males; approx.: 150mm; females: approx. 155mm) flies in India.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Antheraea compta male 150mm; female 155mm, N.E. India, courtesy of Johnny Marchant.

Antheraea compta male 150mm; female 155mm (verso), N.E. India, courtesy of Johnny Marchant.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males use highly developed antennae to detect female scent which is distributed into the wind. Males fly into the wind in a zigzag pattern to detect the pheromone and subsequently locate the female.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Larval Food Plants


It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

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