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 (= 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)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
Referencias
Bibliografía Tuskes, PM, JP Tuttle and MM Collins. 1996. The Wild Silk Moths of North America. Cornell University Press. "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:
Enlaces externos
"Raw & Organic Silk: Facts behind the Fibers" "Walter Sweadner and the Wild Silk Moths of the Bitteroot Mountains. By Michael M. Collins.
"Antheraea Hübner, 1816"
Categoría:Saturniini Categoría:Taxones descritos por Jakob Hübner