Actias selene seitzi
Kalis, 1934

Actias selene seitzi male

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TAXONOMY: Superfamily Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Genus: Actias, Leach, 1815

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DISTRIBUTION:

Actias selene seitzi (wingspan 140mm) flies in
Java: East Jawa Province; and
Sumatra: North Sumatera Province, West Sumatera Prov., Lampung Prov..

In Heterocera Sumatrana Volume 10, 1996 Saturniidae the Actias selene subspecies is given as A. s. sietzi, Kalis, 1934. "However, as was shown by U. & L. H. Paukstadt (1999, “Anmerkungen zum taxonomischen Status von Actias selene seitzi Kalis 1934 und Actias selene vandenberghi Roepke 1956 (stat. rev.), sowie zur geographischen Verbreitung dieser Taxa in Südostasien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)”, Entomologische Zeitschrift 109 (12): 484–491), the populations of the selene-group from Java and the other parts of Sundaland (Neomalaya) are not identical. The Javanese seitzi shows shorter prolongations of the juxta in the male genitalia than vandenberghi (and some other populations). The taxon vandenberghi was described from Sumatra and is therefore the correct name for the Sumatran selene-population; according to U. & L.H. Paukstadt, the status of the Peninsular Malaysian and Bornean populations may require further study." Nassig Commentary

According to Brech & Meister, 2012, the Borean population is A. seitzi sinjaevorum; the peninsular Malaysian population is A. sietzi pahangensis; and Actias vandenberghi, once considered a subspecies of selene, is now a synonym of nominate sietzi.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Actias selene seitzi probably broods continuously and the preferred larval foodplant is probably Rhododendron.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females extend a scent gland from the posterior tip of the abdomen to call in night-flying males.

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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