Antheraea roylei x Antheraea yamamai

by Franz Renner and Rainer Plontke

Antheraea roylei x Antheraea yamamai male, courtesy of Rainer Plontke,
hybridization by Franz Renner

Antheraea roylei x Antheraea yamamai female, courtesy of Rainer Plontke,
hybridization by Franz Renner

Antheraea roylei x Antheraea yamamai female, courtesy of Rainer Plontke,
hybridization by Franz Renner

Dr. Rainer Plontke reared the larvae of a hybridization obtained by Franz Renner of an Antheraea roylei male with an Antheraea yamamai female. Franz provided eggs to Rainer who reared the larvae successsfully on Quercus robur.

Larval image below courtesy of Rainer Plontke.

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