TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Genus: Antheraea, Hubner 1819
Subgenus: Antheraeopsis, Wood-Mason, 1886

DISTRIBUTION:

Antheraeopsis chengtuana (wingspan 130 mm) flies at lower elevations in Myanmar = Burma,
Vietnam, Fan-si-pan; Mai Chau, Hoa Binh Province;
and Yunnan, China.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Tony Pittaway reports an April 30, 2011 flight in Mai Chau, Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam.

Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) chengtuana female, Mai Chau, Hoa Binh Province, Vietnam,
April 30, 2011, courtesy of Tony Pittaway.

Antheraeopsis chengtuana female, Vietnam, on my home computer only.

Antheraeopsis chengtuana female, Vietnam, on my home computer only.

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.

Stefan Naumann indicates this is not Antheraea (Antheraeopsis) chengtuana.
It is either A. formosana of A. assamensis, February 2009.

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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