Samia cynthia: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Samia
Species: Samia cynthia
Scientific Name: Samia cynthia

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Samia cynthia

Samia cynthia, the ailanthus silkmoth, is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth has very large wings of 113–125 mm (4.4–4.9 in), with a quarter-moon shaped spot on both the upper and lower wings, whitish and yellow stripes and brown background. There are eyespots on the outer forewings. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.

Samia cynthia in languages:

Czech: martináč pajasanový
Dutch: Hemelboomvlinder
English: Ailanthus Silkmoth
English: Tree of Heaven Silk Moth
French: Bombyx de l'Ailanthe
German: Götterbaum-Spinner
Italian: Bombice dell'ailanto
Japanese: シンジュサン
Korean: 가중나무고치나방
Russian: Айлантовый шелкопряд

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