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Definition of Actias
1. Noun. Luna moths.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Saturniidae, Saturniidae
Member holonyms: Actias Luna, Luna Moth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Actias
Literary usage of Actias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Madagascar, Mauritius and Other East-African Islands by Conrad Keller (1901)
"The wax is becoming an article of export. The number of ants is very great; they
have recently Actias cometas. been described ..."
2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... Actias luna, Samia cecropia, Samia Columbia, Telea polyphemus, and a great
variety of species of Noctuidae, also grasshoppers, crickets, mosquitoes, ..."
3. Handbook of the Collection Illustrative of the Wild Silks of India: In the by Thomas Wardle (1881)
"Cachar. Not very common. Stated to feed on a plant called Lood. Attacus
Gue-rini (Moore). —Eastern Bengal. Actias GROUP. Actias Selene (McLeay). ..."
4. A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East by Thomas Horsfield, Frederic Moore (1859)
"Fabricius. 924. Actias SELENE, Macleay. Actias Selene, Macleay ... The larva of
Actias Selene is figured on Plate XIX.,figs. 3,3a,—fig. ..."
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