large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons

emperor / emperor moth / Saturnia pavonia - large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
imperial moth / Eacles imperialis - large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings
giant silkworm moth / silkworm moth - any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae
luna moth / Actias luna - large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each fore wing
cecropia / cecropia moth / Hyalophora cecropia - North American silkworm moth
io moth / Automeris io - large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing
polyphemus moth / Antheraea polyphemus - very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings
pernyi moth / Antheraea pernyi - a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk
tussah / tusseh / tussur / tussore / tusser / Antheraea mylitta - oriental moth that produces brownish silk

    Saturniidae     family Saturniidae

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