Samia canningi

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Below: Samia canningi (females ) above: Samia cynthia ( female)

Samia canningi is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the peacock moth ( Saturniidae ).

Features

The moths reach a wingspan of 10-14 centimeters. The wings are colored brown to golden brown and have the typical for the genus Samia white eye spots on the wings.

The caterpillars are white to pale green and have black warts on the back.

Similar Species

• Tree of Heaven Spinner Samia cynthia ( Drury, 1773)
• Samia ricini ( Boisduval, 1854)
• Samia vandenberghi (Watson, 1915)
• Samia kohlli ( Naumann & Peigler, 2001. )

Dissemination

Samia canningi is distributed mainly in Southeast Asia and China.

Biology

Before hatching the yellowish white eggs turn blue black. The caterpillars feed in nature on ailanthus ( Ailanthus altissima ) in breeding but also on privet ( Ligustrum ), lilac (Syringa ) and laurel cherry (Prunus laurocerasus ).

They spin, like all other peacocks Spinner, a cocoon of silk. The moths live like all Saturniidae only one to two weeks because they can not feed.