- Saturnia (moth)
Taxobox
name = "Saturnia"
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Saturnia pyri "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Saturniidae
genus = "Saturnia"
genus_authority = Schrank, 1802 [cite web |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/saturniidae/saturniinae/saturnia/index.html |title="Saturnia" Schrank, 1802 |date=2005-11-06 |author=Markku Savela]"Saturnia" is a genus of moths in the family
Saturniidae . They are large moths, commonly called "emperors". Most arePalearctic , but three species occur in thechaparral ofCalifornia ("S. mendocino", "S. walterorum" and "S. albofasciata").pecies
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Saturnia pavonia " — small emperor
*"Saturnia pyri " — emperor
*"Saturnia mendocino" — Mendocino saturnia [cite web |url=http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3298 |title=Mendocino saturnia moth, "Saturnia mendocino" Behrens, 1876 |author=Paul A. Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue (coordinators) |year=2006 |work=Butterflies and Moths of North America]
*"Saturnia walterorum" — Walter's saturnia [cite web |url=http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3299 |title=Walters' saturnia moth"Saturnia walterorum" Hogue & Johnson, 1958 |author=Paul A. Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue (coordinators) |year=2006 |work=Butterflies and Moths of North America]
*"Saturnia albofasciata" — white-streaked saturnia [cite web |url=http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3300 |title=White-streaked saturnia moth, "Saturnia albofasciata" (Johnson, 1938) |author=Paul A. Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue (coordinators) |year=2006 |work=Butterflies and Moths of North America]ee also
*cite web |url=http://tpittaway.tripod.com/silk/satlist.htm |title=Saturniidae of Europe |date=
2007-04-06 |author=A. R. Pittaway
*cite web |url=http://www.saturnia.de/ |title=Saturnia Homepage |author=Wolfgang A. Nässig |date=2006-11-16 References
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