Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Saturniidae > Saturniinae > Attacini > Samia
Samia canningii (Hutton, 1860) – Wild Eri Silk Moth
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Samia canningii – Wild Eri Silk Moth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Assam | ||||||||||||
| Manipur | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Samia kohlli recorded from India. Samia cynthia, which older literature mentions from India, is found mainly in China.
References:
- pl 37, pg 55
- pl 26/9.
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/silk/s_cyn.htm for Samia cynthi [accessed 18 May 2016]
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=476108 for Samia kohlii http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=109528 for Samia canningii
Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Saturniidae > Saturniinae > Attacini > Samia
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Singh, R. 2021. Samia canningii (Hutton, 1860) – Wild Eri Silk Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355642/Samia-canningii
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