Actias dubernardi — “Chinese moon moth” | 台北市立動物園資訊網

TheActiasdubernardiisoneofthemostfranticspeciesofmoonmoths,especiallythemales.Whenstressedorotherwisedisturbedtheymaygowildandstart ...

Actias dubernardi, the Chinese moon moth, is an extremely beautiful species of moon moth that originates from southern China.  They are highly sexually dimorphic and the males are rather neon-pink and yellow in appearance with long elegant tails, while females are a bit plumper, with a pale white/greenish tinge and two light pink tails.

In China, they live in mountainous cloud forests around 1000m – 3000m altitude; their habitat is cool and humid. Not much is known about their ecology in the wild, but they are believe to have two to three generations a year (flight times vary with location) and a small ‘break’ aka short  diapause where they spend their time as pupae in the cocoons. In the wild, they feed on Pinus massoniana. While it is considered to be one of the more difficult species to breed, in captivity they can be reproduced without much effort; the difficult is mainly getting the ...