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Card 11/90

Name

Saturnia

gigant peacock moth

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Hexapoda

Subclass: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Saturniidae

Genus: Saturnia

Habitat

Land. Vegetation

Feeding

Adult non-feeding; herbivorous larvae

Distribution

America, Africa, Asia and Europe

Conservation status

Genus with about twenty species. As in other insects, its dangers are insecticides and habitat loss.

Additional information

Nocturnal butterfly. Hypognathous head and sucking-maxillary mouthparts in adult. Two pairs of large scaly wings. Larvae eruciform with chewing mouthparts. Bipectinate antennae especially in males.

Additional information

Bibliography

Gómez Bustillo, M. y F. Fernández Rubio (1976). Mariposas de la Península Ibérica. Tomo III. Heteróceros I. Ed. Instituto Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza.