| Samia cynthia | (Drury, 1773) |
TL: China
113-125 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
DanskSkyrækker-Silkesommerfugl 
DeutschAilanthusspinner DeutschGötterbaum-Spinner 
EnglishAilanthus Silkmoth 
FrançaisBombyx de l'Ailanthe 
ItalianoBombice dell'ailanto 
MagyarBálványfa-selyemlepke 
NederlandsHemelboomvlinder 
NorskGudetrepåfuglspinner 
SuomeksiAilanthuskehrääjä 
РусскийАйлантовый шелкопряд 
한국어가중나무고치나방
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Juglandaceae Juglans Walnut tree Magnoliaceae Magnolia Magnolia Oleaceae Forsythia Forsythia Oleaceae Fraxinus Ash Oleaceae Ligustrum vulgare Wild Privet Oleaceae Syringa Lilac Rosaceae Prunus Cherry Rosaceae Sorbus Rowan Simaroubaceae Ailanthus altissima Tree of Heaven
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of North America Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei North American Moth Photographers Group Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic A.R. Pittaway Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön
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