Actias dubernardi | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Actiasdubernardi,theChinesemoonmoth,isamothofthefamilySaturniidae.ThespecieswasfirstdescribedbyCharlesOberthürin1897.

Species of moth

Actias dubernardi, the Chinese moon moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1897.[1]

This moth can be found in parts of China.

It takes 70–85 days to progress from an egg to the adult, depending on the temperature and humidity. The female releases pheromones that attracts the male so they can mate.

The female lays up to 120 eggs, and may place their eggs anywhere. The egg is oval-shaped, 1.5 by 1 millimetre (0.059 in × 0.039 in); whitish gray, and firmly stuck to branches or sides of the cage that the female had been kept in. Caterpillars, 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in) long, hatch after 10–14 days, the warmer and the higher the humidity, the quicker it happens.