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Actias aliena

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Actias aliena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Actias
Species:
A. aliena
Binomial name
Actias aliena
(Butler, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Tropaea aliena Butler, 1879

Actias aliena is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is a large silk moth with a wingspan ranging from 100–110 mm.[1] It is found in Japan. Its mitochondrial genome has been sequenced.[2] Their mitochondrial genome is 15,243 bp (base pairs) long.

Subspecies

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  • Actias aliena aliena (Butler, 1879)
  • Actias aliena sjoeqvisti Bryk, 1949
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References

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  1. ^ Malay, Ali D.; Sato, Ryota; Yazawa, Kenjiro; Watanabe, Hiroe; Ifuku, Nao; Masunaga, Hiroyasu; Hikima, Takaaki; Guan, Juan; Mandal, Biman B.; Damrongsakkul, Siriporn; Numata, Keiji. "Relationships between physical properties and sequence in silkworm silks" (PDF). Scientific Reports.
  2. ^ Park, Jeong Sun; Kim, Min Jee; Kim, Iksoo (2014-01-22). "The complete mitochondrial genome of the moon moth, Actias aliena (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)". Mitochondrial DNA. 27 (1): 149–150. doi:10.3109/19401736.2013.878918. ISSN 1940-1736. PMID 24450726. S2CID 24404255.