Antheraea lampei

Updated as per Die Saturniidae der Cameron- und Genting-Highlands in West Malaysia, Lampe, 1984; March 13, 2009
Updated as per Wolfgang Nassig: Saturniidae of Peninsular Malaysia with commentary on R. Lampe's 1984 Die Saturniidae der Cameron- and Genting-Highlands in West-Malaysia, March 2009.
Updated as per personal communication with Teemu Klemetti
Updated as per personal communication with Kelly Price
Updated as per personal communication with Preston Murphy
Updated as per Ulrich Paukstadt: Malaysian Checklist (West Malaysia (Pahang); East Malaysia (Brunei, Sarawak)), March 2009

Antheraea lampei
Nassig & Holloway, 1989

Antheraea lampei, Fraser's Hill, West Malaysia, courtesy of Teemu Klemetti.

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 lampei (wingspan: males: 146-170mm; females: 140-177mm) flies in Northern Sundaland:
Sumatra: Brastagi (1350m);
West Malaysia: Fraser's Hill (1450m), Tapah-Hills Nature Reserve (900m), Tana Rata, ca. 600-1400m;
Borneo = Kalimantan;
Brunei.

"(Etymology: named in honour of Rudolf E. J. LAMPE, Nürnberg, Germany, who was the first to recognize this species as separate.) "

According to Wolfgang Nassig, the moths depicted as Antheraea roylei korintjiana female (3) and male (4) on Plate 6 of Die Saturniidae der Cameron- und Genting-Highlands in West Malaysia, Lampe, 1984, are actually what is now called Antheraea lampei.

Antheraea lampei male, Frasers Hill, Malaysia, courtesy/copyright Preston Murphy,
digital repair to thorax by Bill Oehlke may be "off".

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)."

Larvae feed on Quercus x turneri cv`pseudoturneri and probably on other oak species.

Antheraea lampei male, Pahang, Malaysia, courtesy/copyright Kelly Price, id by Bill Oehlke.

Antheraea lampei male (verso), Tana Rata, Cameron-Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia, courtesy/copyright Ulrich Paukkstadt.

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.

Antheraea lampei female, Brastagi, Sumatra, 1350m, courtesy of Ulrich Paukstadt.

Antheraea lampei female (verso), Brastagi, Sumatra, 1350m, courtesy of Ulrich Paukstadt.

Antheraea lampei female, Sandakan, Sabah,
March 27, 2012, courtesy of Diana Bradshaw.

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.

Quercus x turneri cv`pseudoturneri........

Turner's oak

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