Chinese moon moth
The Chinese moon moth is a big, beautiful moth with long curving tails on its back wings. Its body is very hairy and its head is small. It is a close cousin of the American luna moth.
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Fun facts
Because it cannot eat, a grown-up moth lives only a few days.
Its wings can be up to 15 centimetres across, wider than a grown-up's hand.
Its caterpillar is fat and fleshy with clumps of bristles.
Scientists used to think it was part of another moon moth species. Since 2005 it counts as its own species.
Most asked questions about Chinese moon moth
?How big is the Chinese moon moth?
Its wingspan is about 13 to 15 centimetres.
?What does the Chinese moon moth eat?
The adult does not eat at all. The caterpillars eat leaves of trees like camphor, sweetgum and willow.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Actias ningpoana
- Named by
- Felder & Felder, 1862
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Saturniidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Actias ningpoana (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by LiCheng Shih. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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