The Chinese moon moth (Actias ningpoana) is a moth of the Saturniidae family.

Taxonomy

The taxon ningpoana Felder has been regarded as a subspecies of Actias selene until recently and was included as a good species in Ylla et at. (2005).

Range

China (Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan) (Zhu & Wang, 1996)
Russia (far east) (Zolotuhin & Chuvilin, 2009)
^ Zhu, H. F. & L. Y. Wang, 1996. Fauna Sinica Insecta 5 Lepidoptera: Bombycidae, Saturniidae, Thyrididae. Beijing: Sciences Press. x + 302 pp. ISBN 7-03-004551-3
^ Zolotuhin, V. V. & A. V. Chuvilin, 2009. On the species compound of the genus Actias Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) of Russia. Eversmannia 19:21-31
Life cycle

Usually very fleshy with clumps of raised bristles.

The pupa develops in a silken cocoon or in the soil

They have small heads, densely hairy bodies, and can have a wingspan ranging from 13 to 15 centimeters.

Host plants

In Hong Kong, A. ningpoana has been reared on camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) (Hill et al., 1982 as Arctias [sic] selene), sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana) (Barretto, 2004), Hibiscus, Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) & willow (Salix babylonica) (Yiu, 2006)