Saturnia is a genus of large silkmoths in the family Saturniidae, which the German biologist Franz von Paula Schrank first described in 1802. Its members are commonly named emperor moths, though this is also used for various close relatives in subfamily Saturniinae. Most species are Palearctic, but three, commonly called "saturnia moths", inhabit the chaparral of California: S. mendocino, S. walterorum, and S. albofasciata.
| Saturnia | |
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| Giant emperor moth (Saturnia pyri) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Tribe: | Saturniini |
| Genus: | Saturnia Schrank, 1802 |
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Species
editThe known species of Saturnia are:[1]
- Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938) – white-streaked saturnia[2] (mostly in Calosaturnia)
- Saturnia atlantica Lucas, 1848
- Saturnia bieti Oberthür, 1886
- Saturnia cameronensis Lemaire, 1979
- Saturnia centralis Naumann & Loeffler, 2005
- Saturnia cephalariae (Romanoff, 1885) (sometimes in Eudia)
- Saturnia cidosa Moore, 1865
- Saturnia cognata Jordan in Seitz, 1911
- Saturnia koreanis Brechlin, 2009
- Saturnia luctifera Jordan in Seitz, 1911
- Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876 – Mendocino saturnia[3] (mostly in Calosaturnia)
- Saturnia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) – small emperor moth (sometimes in Eudia)
- Saturnia pavoniella (Scopoli, 1763) (sometimes in Eudia)
- Saturnia pinratanai Lampe, 1989
- Saturnia pyri (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – giant emperor moth, Viennese emperor moth
- Saturnia spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) – sloe emperor moth (sometimes in Eudia)
- Saturnia taibaishanis Brechlin, 2009
- Saturnia walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958 – Walter's saturnia[4] (mostly in Calosaturnia)
- Saturnia zuleika Hope, 1843
Formerly placed here was the Brazilian Arsenura pandora. Whether the autumn emperor moth (Perisomena caecigena), here separated in a monotypic genus, is not actually better included in Saturnia needs to be determined; the same goes for the genus Neoris.
References
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- ^ Savela, Markku. "Saturnia Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^ Paul A. Opler; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "White-streaked saturnia moth, Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938)". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Archived from the original on 2007-02-07..
- ^ Paul A. Opler; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "Mendocino saturnia moth, Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876". Butterflies and Moths of North America.
- ^ Paul A. Opler; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue (coordinators) (2006). "Walters' saturnia moth Saturnia walterorum Hogue & Johnson, 1958". Butterflies and Moths of North America.
- A. R. Pittaway (April 6, 2007). "Saturniidae of Europe".
- Wolfgang A. Nässig (November 16, 2006). "Saturnia Homepage".