Antheraea rosieri

Updated as per Moths of Thailand, Volume One, Saturniidae, Pinratana and Lampe, March 4, 2009
Updated as per personal communication with Teemu Klemetti, Preston Murphy, C.W. Gan (Frasers Hill, Pahang, Malaysia), March 24, 2009
Updated as per personal communication with Victor Sinyaev (Borneo, Sabah); September 3, 2012

Antheraea rosieri
(Toxopeus, 1940)

Antheraea rosieri male, Frasers Hill, Malaysia,
courtesy/copyright Preston Murphy.

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:

Antheraea rosieri (wingspan: males: approximately 92mm; females: 98-110mm (BG)) flies in
Thailand: Chiang Mai;
Sumatra;
Peninsular Malaysia: Pahang: Bukit Fraser;
Brunei: Bukit Retak (1618m); and
Borneo: Sabah (VS).

Antheraea rosieri male, Frasers Hill, Pahang, Malaysia,
May 15, 2007, courtesy/copyright C.W. Gan.

Antheraea rosieri male, Borneo: Sabah,
courtesy/copyright Victor Sinyaev.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Teemu Klemetti offers the following regarding flight on peninsular Malaysia: "Antheraeas flew for the whole period 8th of March-26th of May. They may have peaks March-May and October-December - males 1:00-5:00 am, females 8:00pm (rosieri) or midnight (youngi, ulrichbroschi)."

The species is reported from Thailand in August.

Antheraea rosieri female, Frasers Hill, Malaysia,
courtesy/copyright Preston Murphy.

Antheraea rosieri female, Frasers Hill, Pahang, Malaysia,
December 31, 2007, courtesy/copyright C.W. Gan.

Antheraea rosieri female, verso, Trus Madi, Sabah, Borneo,
courtesy of dpotanin, id by Bill Oehlke

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.