Definition of Saturniidae. Meaning of Saturniidae. Synonyms of Saturniidae

- Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains...
- refer to Moths that produce silk in their larval stage, including many Saturniidae, Bombycidae, and Apatelodidae moths. The moth superfamily Bombycoidea...
- Not all silk is produced by Bombyx mori. There are several species of Saturniidae that also are farmed for their silk, such as the ailanthus moth (Samia...
- Adelowalkeria is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Trav****os in 1941. Adelowalkeria caeca Lemaire, 1969 Adelowalkeria eugenia...
- Saturnia is a genus of large silkmoths in the family Saturniidae, which the German biologist Franz von Paula Schrank first described in 1802. Its members...
- Coscinocera hercules, the Hercules moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae, endemic to New Guinea and northern Australia. The species was first described...
- Automeris zugana is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1886. It is found from Panama to western Ecuador. The habitat...
- ricini, the eri silkmoth, is a species of insect, a member of the family Saturniidae which includes the giant silk moths. This moth is a domestic polyhybrid...
- eucalypti, the emperor gum moth, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae native to Australia. This species was formerly placed in the genus Antheraea...
- also called the American moon moth, is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly named the giant silk moths....