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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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Samia abrerai
- Samia beekei
- Samia canningi
- Samia ceramensis
- Samia cynthia
- Samia formosana
- Samia fulva
- Samia insularis
- Samia kikibudiamini
- Samia kohlli
- Samia luzonica
- Samia naessigi
- Samia naumanni
- Samia peigleri
- Samia ricini
- Samia tetrica
- Samia treadawayi
- Samia vandenberghi
- Samia vanschaycki
- Samia vuvanlieni
- Samia wangi
- Samia watsoni
- Samia yayukae































































































































































