Actias witti
Updated as per personal communication with Ronald Brechlin, February 2008
Updated as per Nachr.entomol.Ver.Apollo, N.F. 29 (3): 149-162 (2008), February 14, 2009, from Stefan Naumann

Actias witti
Brechlin, 2007

Actias witti male, HT, China, courtesy/copyright Ron Brechlin.

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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

MIDI MUSIC

"Moon River"
copyright C. Odenkirk
MIDI CITY

ON.OFF
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DISTRIBUTION:

Actias witti (wingspan: males: mm; females: probably larger) flies Little Adamans, India.

Dr. Brechlin has published his description in "Entomofauna-Monographie 1",
editor (Thomas Witt).

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

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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