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Samia canningii (Hutton, 1860) – Wild Eri Silk Moth

Samia canningii – Wild Eri Silk Moth

Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Samia canningii
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Himachal Pradesh
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:
  1. Allen, M. 1993. Marvelous Moths of Nepal pl 37, pg 55
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo, pl 26/9.
  3. Pittaway, A.R. Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/silk/s_cyn.htm for Samia cynthi [accessed 18 May 2016]
  4. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). 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

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Singh, R. 2022. Samia canningii (Hutton, 1860) – Wild Eri Silk Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355642/Samia-canningii
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