Saturniinae

Belongs within: Saturnioidea.

The Saturniinae are a group of large moths bearing characteristic eye spots on the upper surface of the wings. Members of the genus Actias, moon moths, have long tails on the hind wings. Saturniines include some of the largest of all living moths with the Atlas moth Attacus atlas of southern Asia having a wingspan up to 24 cm. The giant peacock moth Saturnia pyri of the western Palaearctic is the largest moth species found in Europe.

<==Saturniinae [Attacinae]
    |--AttacusKP19
    |    |--A. atlas (Linnaeus 1758)I92 [=Phalaena (Bombyx) atlasL58, G20]
    |    |--A. crameriDS73
    |    |    |--A. c. crameriDS73
    |    |    `--A. c. lorquiniiDS73
    |    |--A. cynthiaF92
    |    |--A. dohertyiDS73
    |    |--A. edwardsiDS73
    |    |--A. lunulaF92
    |    |--A. pavonius (Linnaeus 1758)G20, L58 [=Phalaena (Bombyx) pavoniaL58, G20]
    |    |--A. riciniMG06
    |    `--A. wardiNC91
    `--+--ActiasKP19
       |    |--A. artemisDS73
       |    |--A. lunaKP19
       |    `--A. seleneDS73
       `--SaturniaKP19
            |--S. atlantica Lucas 1849E12
            |--S. cometesO90
            |--S. pavoniaDS73
            |    |--S. p. pavoniaR13
            |    `--S. p. minorR13
            |--S. pyretorumDS73
            |    |--S. p. pyretorumDS73
            |    `--S. p. luctiferaDS73
            |--S. pyriDS73
            `--S. (Perisomena) stoliczkana Felder & Felder 1874NS07
Saturniinae incertae sedis:
  Rhodormiscodes rosea (Druce 1886) [=Dirphia rosea]S55
  Lonomia cyniraS55
    |--L. c. cyniraS55
    `--L. c. concordia Druce 1886S55
  Molippa rivulosaS55
    |--M. r. rivulosaS55
    `--M. r. simillima Jones 1907S55
  HylesiaS55
    |--H. acuta Druce 1886S55
    |--H. alinda Druce 1886S55
    |--H. dalina Schaus 1911S55
    `--H. lineataP92
  CopaxaS55
    |--C. decrescens Walker 1855 [incl. C. decrescens f. purpurascens Draudt in Seitz 1929]S55
    |    |--C. d. decrescensS55
    |    `--C. d. rufinans Schaus 1906S55
    `--C. semioculata (Felder & Felder 1874) [=Sagana semioculata]NS07
  AutomerisS55
    |--A. abdominalis (Felder & Felder 1874) [=Hyperchiria abdominalis]NS07
    |--A. aurantiacaDS73
    |--A. banusDS73
    |--A. boops (Felder & Felder 1874) [=Hyperchiria boops]NS07
    |--A. cinctistriga (Felder & Felder 1874) [=Hyperchiria cinctistriga]NS07
    |--A. complicataDS73
    |--A. coresusDS73
    |--A. eogena (Felder & Felder 1874) [=Hyperchiria eogena]NS07
    |--A. grammivoraDS73
    |--A. illustrisDS73
    |--A. incarnataS55
    |    |--A. i. incarnataS55
    |    `--A. i. cecrops (Boisduval 1875) [=Jo cecrops]S55
    |--A. ioDS73
    |--A. ireneDS73
    |--A. janus (Cramer 1775) [=Phalaena (Attacus) janus]S55
    |--A. jucunda (Cramer 1779) [incl. Hyperchiria titania Felder & Felder 1874]NS07
    |--A. junonia (Walker 1866) [=Hyperchiria junonia]S55
    |--A. meteaDS73
    |--A. montezumaS55
    |    |--A. m. montezumaS55
    |    `--A. m. pallidior Draudt 1929S55
    `--A. rubrescens (Walker 1853) [=Hyperchiria rubrescens]S55
  RothschildiaS55
    |--R. erycina (Shaw 1796) [incl. Attacus affinis Felder & Felder 1874]NS07
    |--R. forbesiDS73
    |--R. jacobaeae (Walker 1855) [incl. Attacus satyrus Felder & Felder 1874]NS07
    |--R. jorullaDS73
    |--R. lebeau (Guérin-Ménéville 1868) [=Attacus lebeaui]S55
    |--R. orizabaDS73
    |--R. speculiferDS73
    `--R. splendida (Beauvois 1805) [=Bombyx splendida]S55

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

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[S55] Schröder, H. 1955. Saturniiden aus El Salvador (Ins. Lep. Heterocera). Senckenbergiana Biologica 36: 209–213.