Actias aliena is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is a large silk moth with a wingspan ranging from 100-110 mm. [1] It is found in Japan. Its mitochondrial genome has been sequenced.[2] Their mitochondrial genome is 15,243 bp (base pairs) long.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Actias |
| Species: | A. aliena
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| Actias aliena (Butler, 1879)
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Subspecies edit
- Actias aliena aliena (Butler, 1879)
- Actias aliena sjoeqvisti Bryk, 1949
Gallery edit
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Larva (color of the body just before the pupal stage)
References edit
- ^ Malay, Ali D.; Sato, Ryota; Yazawa, Kenjiro; Watanabe, Hiroe; Ifuku, Nao; Masunaga, Hiroyasu; Hikima, Takaaki; Guan, Juan; Mandal, Biman B.; Damrongsakkul, Siriporn; Numata, Keiji. "Relationships between physical properties and sequence in silkworm silks" (PDF). Scientific Reports.
- ^ Park, Jeong Sun; Kim, Min Jee; Kim, Iksoo (2014-01-22). "The complete mitochondrial genome of the moon moth,Actias aliena(Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)". Mitochondrial DNA. 27 (1): 149–150. doi:10.3109/19401736.2013.878918. ISSN 1940-1736. PMID 24450726. S2CID 24404255.
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