Antheraea

Tussar moths
Antheraea godmani specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Bombycoidea
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Antheraea Hübner, 1819
Type species
Phalaena mylitta Drury, 1773
Synonyms
Telea Hübner, [1819] Metosamia Druce, 1892 Carmenta Weymer, 1906

Antheraea is a moth genus belonging to the family Saturniidae. 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.

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 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 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 mylitta (Drury, 1773)^[1]
• Antheraea mylittoides Bouvier, 1928
• Antheraea pahangensis Brechlin & Paukstadt, 2010
• Antheraea paphia Linnaeus, 1758^[2]
• 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 (Guerin-Meneville, 1855) – Chinese Tussar Moth
• Antheraea perrottetii (Guerin-Meneville, 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 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 (Guerin-Meneville, 1861) – Japanese Oak Silkmoth, Japanese Silk Moth

Hybrids

• Antheraea × proylei (A. pernyi male × A. roylei female)
• Antheraea polyphemus male x Antheraea mylitta female (1960 - Gary Botting) (using pheromone transfer)
• Antheraea polyphemus male x Antheraea yamamai female (1959 - Gary Botting) (using pheromone transfer)^[3]

Species mostly placed in other genera

• Antheraea assamensis (Antheraeopsis)
• Antheraea formosana Sonan, 1937 (Antheraeopsis)
• Antheraea mezops Bryk, 1944 (Antheraeopsis)
• Antheraea rosieri (Toxopeus, 1940) (Loepantheraea)
• Antheraea polyphemus previously placed in genus "Telea"^[4]

Footnotes

1. The "tasar" silkworm Archived April 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
2. "Produces Tassar silk in India". Fao.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
3. See: “Gary ‘s Open Window Way to Science Prize,” Toronto Telegram, 2 May 1960, page 1; "Ontario Boy Wins Top Spot in Science Fair,” Toronto Telegram, 13 May 1960; "Top Winner at U.S. Fair" [Indianapolis: Special], Indianapolis Times, 14 May 1960; “Science Fair Winners,” Science Newsletter, 28 May 1960; “Moths Wing Lad to Oklahoma,” Toronto Telegram, 16 June 1960; “Student to be Guest of U.S. Institute,” Globe and Mail, 16 June 1960; “Bright Youth Brighter Today,” Weekend Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 40, 1960; “Young Expert on Moths Invited to India Talks,” Toronto Telegram, 29 December 1960; “Boy Collector: Moths Win Gary World Trip,” Evening News, 29 December 1960; “Young City Moth Expert Flies to India,” Peterborough Examiner, 30 December 1960; “Noted U.S. Scientists Address Roorkee Meeting,” American Reporter, 11 January 1961
4. See Helen Spurway

References

• Tuskes, PM, JP Tuttle and MM Collins. 1996. The wild silk moths of North America. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3130-1
• "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 (sic) Mountains. By Michael M. Collins.
• Downloadable pdf file on Antheraea yamamai (in German)
• "ANTHERAEA Hübner, [1819] 1816"