Antheraea

Antheraea is a moth genus belonging to the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Several species of this genus have caterpillars which produce wild silk of commercial importance. Commonly called "tussar silk", the moths are named tussar moths after the fabric.
Taxonomy
Species
The genus includes these species:
Antheraea alleni Holloway, 1987
Antheraea alorensis U. Paukstadt & L.h. Paukstadt, 2005
Antheraea andamana Moore, 1877
Antheraea angustomarginata Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Antheraea assamensis Helfer, 1837
Antheraea billitonensis Moore, 1878
Antheraea broschi Naumann, 2001
Antheraea brunei Allen & Holloway, 1986
Antheraea castanea Jordan, 1910 (= A. mezops)
Antheraea celebensis Watson, 1915
Antheraea cernyi Brechlin, 2002
Antheraea cihangiri Naumann & Naessig, 1998
Antheraea cingalesa Moore, 1883
Antheraea compta Rothschild, 1899
Antheraea cordifolia Weymer, 1906
Antheraea crypta Chu & Wang, 1993
Antheraea diehli Lemaire, 1979
Antheraea exspectata Brechlin, 2000
Antheraea fickei Weymer, 1909
Antheraea formosana Sonan, 1937
Antheraea frithi Moore, 1859
Antheraea fusca Rothschild, 1903
Antheraea gephyra Niepelt, 1926
Antheraea godmani (Druce, 1892)
Antheraea gschwandneri Niepelt, 1918
Antheraea gulata Naessig & Treadaway, 1998
Antheraea hagedorni Naumann & Lourens, 2008
Antheraea halconensis U. Paukstadt & Brosch, 1996
Antheraea harndti Naumann, 1999
Antheraea helferi Moore, 1859
Antheraea hollowayi Naessig & Naumann, 1998
Antheraea imperator Watson, 1913
Antheraea jakli Naumann, 2008
Antheraea jana (Stoll, 1782)
Antheraea jawabaratensis Brechlin & Paukstadt, 2010
Antheraea kageri U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997
Antheraea kalangensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Antheraea kelimutuensis U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997
Antheraea knyvetti Hampson, 1893
?Antheraea korintjiana
Antheraea lampei Naessig & Holloway, 1989
Antheraea larissa (Westwood, 1847)
Antheraea larissoides Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea lorosae M.D. Lane, Naumann & D.A. Lane, 2004
Antheraea meisteri Brechlin, 2002
Antheraea mentawai Naessig, Lampe & Kager, 2002
Antheraea minahassae Niepelt, 1926
Antheraea montezuma (Salle, 1856)
Antheraea moultoni Watson, 1927
Antheraea myanmarensis U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Brosch, 1998
Antheraea mylittoides Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea pahangensis Brechlin & Paukstadt, 2010
Antheraea oculea (Neumoegen, 1883)
Antheraea paphia Linnaeus, 1758 (= A. mylitta)
Antheraea pasteuri Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea paukpelengensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Antheraea paukstadtorum Naumann, Holloway & Naessig, 1996
Antheraea pedunculata Bouvier, 1936
Antheraea pelengensis Brechlin, 2000
Antheraea pernyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) – Chinese tussar moth
Antheraea perrottetii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Antheraea platessa Rothschild, 1903
Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer, 1775) – Polyphemus moth
Antheraea pratti Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea prelarissa Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea raffrayi Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea ranakaensis U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1997
Antheraea rosemariae Holloway, Naessig & Naumann, 1995
Antheraea rosieri (Toxopeus, 1940)
Antheraea roylei Moore, 1859
Antheraea rubicunda Brechlin, 2009
Antheraea rumphii (Felder, 1861)
Antheraea schroederi U. Paukstadt, Brosch & L. Paukstadt, 1999
Antheraea semperi C. & R. Felder, 1861
Antheraea steinkeorum U. Paukstadt, L. Paukstadt & Brosch, 1999
Antheraea subcaeca Bouvier, 1928
Antheraea sumatrana Niepelt, 1926
Antheraea sumbawaensis Brechlin, 2000
Antheraea superba Inoue, 1964
Antheraea surakarta Moore, 1862
Antheraea taripaensis Naumann, Naessig & Holloway, 1996
Antheraea tenggarensis Brechlin, 2000
Antheraea ulrichbroschi U. & L. Paukstadt, 1999
Antheraea vietnamensis Brechlin & Paukstadt, 2010
Antheraea viridiscura Holloway, Naessig & Naumann, 1996
Antheraea yamamai (Guérin-Méneville, 1861) – Japanese oak silk moth
Hybrids
Antheraea × proylei (A. pernyi male × A. roylei female)
Antheraea polyphemus male × Antheraea paphia female (1960 - Gary Botting) (using pheromone transfer)
Antheraea polyphemus male × Antheraea yamamai female (1959 - Gary Botting) (using pheromone transfer)
Footnotes
References
Tuskes, PM, JP Tuttle and MM Collins. 1996. The Wild Silk Moths of North America. Cornell University Press.
"Studies on the filament of tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta D (Andhra local ecorace)." G. Shamitha and A. Purushotham Rao. Current Science, Vol. 90, No. 12, 25 June 2006, pp. 1667–1671. PDF file downloadable from:
External links
"Raw & Organic Silk: Facts behind the Fibers"
"Walter Sweadner and the Wild Silk Moths of the Bitteroot Mountains. By Michael M. Collins.
Downloadable pdf file on Antheraea yamamai (in German)
"Antheraea Hübner, [1819] 1816"
Moth genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Wild silk