Species of moth
Saturnia spini
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Saturniidae
Genus:
Saturnia
Species:
S. spini
Binomial name
Saturnia spini
Synonyms
Saturnia media Esper, 1782
Saturnia obsoleta Tutt, 1902
Saturnia fusca Schultz, 1909
Saturnia oblitescens Schultz, 1909
Saturnia microphthalmica Schultz, 1909
Saturnia subhyalina Schultz, 1909
Saturnia contigua Schultz, 1909
Saturnia continua Jordan, 1911
Saturnia infumata Gschwandner, 1919
Saturnia conjuncta Gschwandner, 1919
Saturnia dilutibasis Gschwandner, 1919
Saturnia albescens Gschwandner, 1919
Saturnia lurida Gschwandner, 1923
Saturnia spini , the sloe emperor moth , is a moth of the family Saturniidae . The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found from eastern Austria and Poland across eastern and south-eastern Europe to Greece , Turkey , Armenia , Ukraine (including Crimea ), and Kazakhstan .
Range in Europe
It has a wingspan of 55–90 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June in one generation.
The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa , Rosa , Crataegus , Ulmus , Alnus , Salix , Populus and Malus in Europe. In Turkey and the Crimea it shows a preference for spiny members of the rose family.
There are no subspecies, although the population from Ukraine and southern Russia is sometimes treated as a subspecies, Saturnia spini haversoni Watson, 1911 .
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