T-shirt Actias selene

Actias selene

It is distributed in the middle and south of Asia and China.

The adult wing length is more than 60mm and the body length is more than 45mm.

It is a medium-large moth of the Lepidoptera Silkworm family.

The scientific name is selene (goddess of the moon).

Selene

(The goddess of the moon in ancient Greek mythology)

The traditional image of Selene in the myth is: wearing a shining crescent crown, wearing a robe or a veil; Sometimes, with wings and a golden halo, a moon carriage pulled by two magic horses flies through the night sky

When the day comes, it disappears in Oshinas. In classical mythology, Selene and his brother Helios took turns driving through the sky every day, forming the alternation of day and night.

Actias selene is a medium-large moth of Lepidoptera Silkworm family. The adult has a body length of 32-38 mm and a wingspan of 100-130 mm. Large body. Adults are bean green, wings are pink green, there is an oval eye spot in the center of the front and rear wings, there is a yellow-brown ripple on the outside, and the tail of the rear wing is very long, about 40mm. Larvae body is yellow-green, body segment is nearly hexagonal, with fleshy protuberant hair tumor, white bristles and brown short spines on the hair tumor. Chest and feet are brown, abdomen and feet are brown, and the upper part has black transverse band. The larvae eat leaves into holes or holes, and eat up the whole leaves with a slight defecation, leaving only petioles or thick veins.