DISTRIBUTION: The rare Antheraea jana moth (wingspan: males: 104-123mm; females: probably larger) flies in lowland rainforests in Sundaland, Andamans and Burma. Images on this page are from Indonesia, Jawa (Java), Malang area. It has also been reported from West Jawa Province, Banten Province, Central Jawa Province and East Jawa (Java) Province. Marc Fischer confirms them from Balongrejo Village, Sugihwaras Municipality, District Bojonegoro, East Java Province. Possibly this is the same moth classified as andamana by Moore. Antheraea jana pair, Java, courtesy of Basuki Ongko, confirmed by Stefan Naumann and Ulrich Paustadt.

The species ground colour appears to be quite variable based on the David Rolfe images for E. Java.

Antheraea jana male, 104mm, E. Java, courtesy of Dave Rolfe.

Antheraea jana male, 117mm, E. Java, courtesy of Dave Rolfe.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Antheraea jana larvae feed on Quercus x turneri cv`pseudoturneri.

Antheraea jana female, Indonesia, Java, Malang area,
courtesy of Martin Jagelka.

Marc Fischer sends the following four images from Java. They have been confirmed as jana by Ulrich Paukstadt.

Antheraea jana male, Balongrejo Village, Sugihwaras Municipality, District Bojonegoro, East Java,
id confirmed by Ulrich Paukstadt, courtesy of Marc Fischer.

Antheraea jana male, , Balongrejo Village, Sugihwaras Municipality, District Bojonegoro, East Java,
id confirmed by Ulrich Paukstadt, courtesy of Marc Fischer.

Antheraea jana trio, Balongrejo Village, Sugihwaras Municipality, District Bojonegoro, East Java,
id confirmed by Ulrich Paukstadt, courtesy of Marc Fischer.

Antheraea jana female, Balongrejo Village, Sugihwaras Municipality, District Bojonegoro, East Java,
id confirmed by Ulrich Paukstadt, courtesy of Marc Fischer.

Antheraea jana female, Bojonegoro, East Java,
courtesy of Jurgen Vanhoudt.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Males, whose wings are more falcate than those of the females, use 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.

Antheraea jana male, 110mm, E. Java, courtesy of Dave Rolfe.

Antheraea jana male, 123mm, E. Java, courtesy of Dave Rolfe.

Antheraea jana male, 113mm, E. Java, courtesy of Dave Rolfe.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Antheraea jana first instar, courtesy/copyright Leroy Simon.

Antheraea jana second instar, courtesy/copyright Leroy Simon.

Antheraea jana third instar, courtesy/copyright Leroy Simon.

Antheraea jana fifth instar, courtesy/copyright Leroy Simon.

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.

Quercus x turneri cv`pseudoturneri´.........

Turner's oak

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