Actias luna (male) x Actias truncatipennis (female)
Below are the original parent types for "hybridization".
Actias luna male (L), courtesy of Dominic Ades.
Actias luna female (L), courtesy of Dominic Ades.
Actias luna female on sweetgum courtesy of John H. Campbell.
Actias luna, relative to
Actias truncatipennis, is generally regarded as a
smaller moth with shorter tails and a distribution throughout the
eastern half of southern Canada and the eastern half of the United
States.
Actias truncatipennis flies in Mexico.
Also note the generally thicker "attachment" running from the
costa to the the eyespot in Actias truncatipennis.
Actias truncatipennis male (T), courtesy of Dominic Ades.
Actias truncatipennis female (T), courtesy of Dominic Ades.
Actias truncatipennis male, copyright Kirby Wolfe
Proceed to Offspring of
A. luna male x A. truncatipennnis female.
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