Actias winbrechlini
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 winbrechlini
Brechlin, 2007

Actias winbrechlini, 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

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DISTRIBUTION:

Actias winbrechlini (wingspan: males: 78-80mm; females: probably larger) flies in the Fengshuining Mountains (2460m), Yulong County, northwestern Yunnan Province, China. Stefan Naumann confirms it in northern Myanmar = Burma: Kachin: Chudu Mountains (3000m).

Actias winbrechlini, AT, China, courtesy/copyright Ron Brechlin.

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

Actias winbrechlini belongs in the Actias felicis group, comprised of the following species:

Actias felicis felicis, China: Jiangxi; Guangdong; Guangxi; Sichuan
Actias felicis arianeae, China: Shaanxi: Qin Ling Mountains, Fopin (1800m)
Actias uljanae: China: Hunan: Nanling Mts., 1500 m., Mt Shikengkong.
Actias chrisbrechlinae, China: Yunnan; Guangxi; 1950-2460m
Actias winbrechlini, China: northwestern Yunnan: Fengshuining Mountains (2460m), Yulong County; northern Myanmar = Burma: Kachin: Chudu Mountains (3000m)
Actias neidhoeferi, Taiwan; possibly eastern China
Actias kongjiaria, China: Sichuan: Gongga Shan; 2600-3200m
Actias vanschaycki, China: Sichuan, southwest of Heishui; 3100m
Actias shaanxiana, China: Shaanxi: Tai Bai Shan Mountains; Daba Shan Mountains; 1500m.

With the exception of Actias felicis felicis, Actias chrisbrechlinae and Actias uljanae the moths in this group seem devoid of a forewing pm line, and are an almost uniform pale green, without yellow or pink in the hindwing tails.

The forewing pm line is thin and regularly dentate in the specimens mentioned above.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Specimens have been taken in May.

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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