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Ailanthus Silkmoth

Samia cynthia

Classification

Class
Insecta

Samia cynthia, the ailanthus silkmoth, is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth has very large wings of 113–125 mm (4. 4–4.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Italy · 112Switzerland · 9Belgium · 1France · 1Germany · 1Netherlands · 1