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Samia cynthia Drury, 1773

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Drury (1773) Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Figures of exotic insects, &c.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Saturniidae
genus
Samia
species
Samia cynthia

Name

Synonyms
Phalaena cynthia Drury, 1773
Samia advena Packard, 1914
Samia advena Watson, 1912
Samia ailanthi Weil, 1863
Samia ailanthus Chowdhury, 1982
Samia ailanti Fauvel, 1895
Samia alboabdominalis Schüssler, 1926
Samia amoena Lének, 1958
Samia analis Lének, 1958
Samia aurotus Fabricius, 1787
Samia austriaca Lének, 1958
Samia aylanti Motschulsky, 1858
Samia bicolorata Mezger, 1928
Samia bouvieri Le Moult
Samia eriacma Milburn, 1813
Samia eulouvaina Watson, 1914
Samia externata Lének, 1958
Samia fenestrella Mezger, 1928
Samia fulvescens Lének, 1958
Samia fusca Watson, 1912
Homonyms
Samia cynthia Drury, 1773
Common names
Ailanthus Silkmoth in English
Ailanthus Silkmoth in English
Ailanthus Silkmoth in English
Ailanthus Silkmoth in English
Ailanthus silkmoth in English
Ailanthus-Spinner in German
Ailanthusspinner in German
Bombice dell'ailanto in Italian
Bombyx de l'Ailanthe in French
Bombyx de l'Ailanthe (Le) in French
Bombyx de l'Ailanthe (Le) in French
Bombyx de l'ailante in French
Gusano de seda del ricino in Spanish
Götterbaum-Spinner in German
Hemelboomvlinder in Dutch
Tree of Heaven Silk Moth in English
jedwabniczka wschodnia in Polish
jedwabnik japoński in Polish
martináč pajasanový in Czech
okáň pasajeňový in Slovak
Айлантовый шелкопряд in Russian
שבתאי הקיקיון in Hebrew
シンジュサン in Japanese
樗蠶蛾 in Chinese
가중나무고치나방 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Tuskes, Paul M., James P. Tuttle, and Michael M. Collins, 1996: null. The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. ix + 250.
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