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Antheraea

Tussar moths
Antheraea yamamai
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Tribe:	Saturniini
Genus:	Antheraea Hübner, 1819
Type species
Phalaena mylitta Drury, 1773
Species
See text
Synonyms
Telea Hübner, [1819] Metosamia Druce, 1892 Carmenta Weymer, 1906

Antheraea is a genusofmoths belonging to the family Saturniidae. It was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Several species of this genus have caterpillars which produce wild silk of commercial importance. Commonly called "tussar silk", the moths are named tussar moths after the fabric.

Taxonomy[edit]

Species[edit]

The genus includes these species:

Hybrids[edit]

• Antheraea × proylei (A. pernyi male × A. roylei female)
• Antheraea polyphemus male × Antheraea paphia female (1960 - Gary Botting) (using pheromone transfer)
• Antheraea polyphemus male × Antheraea yamamai female (1959 - Gary Botting) (using pheromone transfer)^[2]

Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

• Tuskes, PM, JP Tuttle and MM Collins. 1996. The Wild Silk Moths of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3130-1
• "Studies on the filament of tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta D (Andhra local ecorace)." G. Shamitha and A. Purushotham Rao. Current Science, Vol. 90, No. 12, 25 June 2006, pp. 1667–1671. PDF file downloadable from: [1]

External links[edit]

• "Raw & Organic Silk: Facts behind the Fibers" [2]
• "Walter Sweadner and the Wild Silk Moths of the Bitteroot [sic] Mountains. By Michael M. Collins. [3]
• Downloadable pdf file on Antheraea yamamai (in German) [4]^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Antheraea Hübner, [1819] 1816" [5]