Antheraea

Antheraea
Espécimen de Antheraea godmani
Taxonomía
Reino:	Animalia
Filo:	Arthropoda
Clase:	Insecta
Orden:	Lepidoptera
Suborden:	Glossata
Infraorden:	Heteroneura
División:	Ditrysia
Familia:	Saturniidae
Subfamilia:	Saturniinae
Tribu:	Saturniini
Género:	Antheraea Hübner, 1819
Especie tipo
Phalaena mylitta Drury, 1773
Especies
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Sinonimia
Telea Hübner, [1819] Metosamia Druce, 1892 Carmenta Weymer, 1906
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Antheraea es un género de polillas de la familia Saturniidae. El género fue erigido por Jacob Hübner en 1819. Varias especies de este género tienen orugas que producen seda silvestre de importancia comercial. Comúnmente llamada "seda tussar", las polillas se denominan polillas tussar por la tela.

Taxonomía

Especies

El género incluye estas especies:

• 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^[1]​ (= 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) – Polilla tussar china
• Antheraea perrottetii (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
• Antheraea platessa Rothschild, 1903
• Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer, 1775) – Polilla polifemo
• 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) – Polilla de seda japonesa de roble

Híbridos

• Antheraea × proylei (A. pernyi macho × A. roylei hembra)
• Antheraea polyphemus macho × Antheraea paphia hembra (1960 - Gary Botting) (usando transferencia de feromonas)
• Antheraea polyphemus macho × Antheraea yamamai hembra (1959 - Gary Botting) (usando transferencia de feromonas)^[2]​

Referencias

1. «Produces Tassar silk in India». Fao.org. Archivado desde el original el 18 de abril de 2014. Consultado el 18 de octubre de 2011. 
2. 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

Bibliografía

• 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: [1]

Enlaces externos

• "Raw & Organic Silk: Facts behind the Fibers" [2]
• "Walter Sweadner and the Wild Silk Moths of the Bitteroot [sic] Mountains. By Michael M. Collins. [3]
• Antheraea yamamai en PDF (enlace roto disponible en Internet Archive; véase el historial, la primera versión y la última). (en alemán)
• "Antheraea Hübner, [1819] 1816" [4]