Actias ningpoana
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| Chinese moon moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Actias |
| Species: | A. ningpoana |
| Binomial name | |
| Actias ningpoana | |
Actias ningpoana, the Chinese moon moth, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by father-and-son entomologists Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1862.[1] It is quite large, and has long, curved, hindwing tails. There are many congeners across Asia; the Luna moth (A. luna) of eastern Canada and the United States is a close relative.
The taxon ningpoana Felder & Felder had been regarded as a subspecies of Actias selene until recently and was elevated to species level in Ylla et al. (2005).[2]
