Archaeoattacus staudingeri

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Attacini
Genus: Archaeoattacus
Species: Archaeoattacus staudingeri
Name

Archaeoattacus staudingeri (Rothschild, 1895)

Type locality: Indonesia, NW Java, Tjisolok, G[e]relak, [6°57’0”S, 106°26’0”E]

Lectotype: ZMHU. male ♂. (lectotype Attacus staudingeri designated by Nässig et al., 1996: 25)
Synonymy

Attacus staudingeri Rothschild, 1895 (original combination)
Archaeoattacus staudingeri (Rothschild):

References
Additional references

Nässig, W.A., Naumann, S. & Rougerie, R. 2010. Evidence for the existence of three species in the genus Archaeoattacus (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 43: 37–47. full article (PDF). Reference page

Archaeoattacus staudingeri is a species of moth in the genus Archaeoattacus found on the Malay Peninsula and on Borneo.[1] The species is a deeper, more purplish brown than A. atlas, with a more angular forewing postmedial that is edged distad by grey patches in the spaces and concave distad anterior to the angle. The forewing apical markings are grey rather than pale brown or yellow.

Only two specimens have been taken in Borneo, both in lowland forest in Brunei.
Biology

There is no information on the life history but it is likely to be comparable to that of Archaeoattacus edwardsii.
References

Gakkai, Nihon Rinshi (2000). Tyo to ga (Volume 51-53). p. 84. Retrieved 17 April 2012.

Further reading

Attacus staudingeri Rothschild, 1895, Novit. zool., 2: 36.
Archaeoattacus staudingeri Rothschild; Allen, 1981: 111; Lampe, 1985: 7..