SATURNIIDAE HYBRIDS
Jevgenij writes, "For my dear mother I gift the name of this hybrid in her honor Actias Natalia. As a result of more than ten years of practical attempts, in June 2022 I managed to get this hybrid combination of Actias, which is one of the most difficult."
New: December 2004: Dominique Ades has just sent me many photographs of hybrid pairings and larval and adult moth images
as well as some of his notes. I have created a special section.
Greg Bingaman, April 2024 has recently sent me the following hybrids:
C. promethea m X Samia cynthia f
this result is discussed in the lepsoc paper C. angulifera X cynthia. (Bingaman/Piegler) Proved from 1903 publications. It has been argued since then, that the female cynthia was re-paired to a male cynthia.
This most current female was confined and only paired to promethea♂, proving those 120 year old accounts are accurate (or at least possible); only 3 ova hatched. fed on P. serotina. The female is barren.
D. rubicunda m X A. virginiensis f larvae and parent/hybrid comparison (NEW). Female pupae were produced but failed to emerge. Larvae are variable.
A. sumatrana m X A. frithi f . Pair and larvae (NEW). Females proved fertile... original ova compliments of Martin Finney.
A. isabellae m X sinensis f (reciprocal) male and larvae (missing from link)
Saturnia pavonia x Saturnia pyri by Franz and Julian Renner
Saturnia pavonia x Saturnia spini by Franz and Julian Renner
Saturnia pyri x Saturnia atlantica by Franz and Julian Renner
Saturnia pavoniella x Saturnia pyri adults and larva, courtesy of Diego Dalla Valle.
Rothschildia lebeau x Rothschildia roxana by Rodolphe Rougerie
Citheronia vogleri x Citheronia brissotii by Pablo Wagner
Citheronia regalis x Citheronia splendens larva, by Ty Clark
Larva from Hyalophora columbia male x Hyalophora euryalus female, by Robert Vuattoux
Larva from Saturnia pavonia male x Actias isabellae female, by Bob Vuattoux
Second Generation Hybrids:
Larvae and adults from male (G. isabellae galiaegloria male x A. sinensis female) x A. sinensis female Dominique Ades
Male from (G. isabellae male x A. luna female) x A. luna female Bob Vuattoux
(H. euryalus male X H. cecropia
female) X H. gloveri female courtesy of Chuck Vaughn.
(H. gloveri male X H. cecropia female) X H. cecropia female courtesy of Steve Huffman.
(Saturnia ligurica x S. pyri) male x S. pyri female courtesy of Franz and Julian Renner
(S. pavonia x S. pyri) male x S. pavonia female courtesy of Franz and Julian Renner
(S. pavonia x S. pyri) male x S. pyri female, courtesy of Franz and Julian Renner
Multi-species/generation Hybrids:
Male of Acias sinensis paired with hybrid female of A. gnoma x A. ningpoana by
Jevgenij Azhypa.
(((S. pavonia x S. spini) x S. ligurica) x S. ligurica) x S. ligurica courtesy of Franz and Julian Renner
((S. pavonia x S. spini) x S. ligurica) x S. ligurica courtesy of Franz and Julian Renner
(S. pavonia x S. spini) male x S. ligurica female courtesy of Franz and Julian Renner
((S. pavonia x S. spini) x S. ligurica) x S. pavonia courtesy of Franz and Julian Renner
((S. pavonia x S. spini) x S. pavonia) x S. ligurica courtesy of Franz and Julian Renner
Hyalophora cross x Callosamia promethea courtesy of Bruce Passarelli
Brahmaeidae:
Larvae of Brahmaea wallichii male x Brahmaea tancrei female, courtesy of Alan Marson.
Unusual Pairings:
Archaeoattacus edwardsii male with Attacus atlas female, Bob Vuattoux
Attacus atlas male with Callosamia promethea female, Bob Vuattoux
Callosamia promethea male with Hyalophora cecropia female, subsequent larva, Benoit Gagnon
Epiphora bauhiniae male with Eupackardia calleta female, Robert Vuattoux
Eupackardia calleta male with Callosamia promethea female, Bob Vuattoux
Graellsia isabellae male with Actias dubernardi female, Bob Vuattoux
Hyalophora cecropia male x Attacus atlas female, hand paired; larvae accept Ligustrum; Robert Vuattoux
Hyalophora columbia gloveri male with Antheraea polyphemus female, Steve Huffman
Opodiphthera eucalypti male with Saturnia pyri female. Larvae accept Prunus amygdalis, courtesy of Robert Vuattoux.
Samia cynthia male with Callosamia promethea female, Bruce Passarelli
Robert Vuattoux also reports larvae from a Callosamia promethea pairing with Samia canningi.
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