Adults have a wingspan of about 27 centimetres (11 in), making it the largest moth found in Australia, and its wings have the largest documented surface area (300 square centimeters) of any living insect.[1][2] They are mainly colored golden-brown and white, with transparent spots on each of the four wing sections – the coloring and patterns between sexes is mostly static. However, adult males have longer, slimmer tails on their wings than females do, making it somewhat easy to differentiate them in this way.[3]
Their larvae grow up to 12 cm (about 4.7 in), and will weigh around 54 grams in their final instar.[3] They are a pale-blue or green color, with red dots along their sides and yellow spines.[4]
coscinocera, hercules, hercules, moth, moth, family, saturniidae, endemic, guinea, northern, australia, species, first, described, william, henry, miskin, 1876, mounted, malescientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, i. Coscinocera hercules the Hercules moth is a moth of the family Saturniidae endemic to New Guinea and northern Australia The species was first described by William Henry Miskin in 1876 Coscinocera herculesMounted maleScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily SaturniidaeGenus CoscinoceraSpecies C herculesBinomial nameCoscinocera herculesMiskin 1876 Contents 1 Description 2 Diet 3 References 4 External linksDescription editAdults have a wingspan of about 27 centimetres 11 in making it the largest moth found in Australia and its wings have the largest documented surface area 300 square centimeters of any living insect 1 2 They are mainly colored golden brown and white with transparent spots on each of the four wing sections the coloring and patterns between sexes is mostly static However adult males have longer slimmer tails on their wings than females do making it somewhat easy to differentiate them in this way 3 Their larvae grow up to 12 cm about 4 7 in and will weigh around 54 grams in their final instar 3 They are a pale blue or green color with red dots along their sides and yellow spines 4 Diet editAs an adult the Hercules moth does not eat 5 The larvae feed on the leaves of a number of rainforest trees including Dysoxylum mollissimum Glochidion ferdinandi Homalanthus populifolius Polyscias elegans Timonius rumphii and Timonius singularis 6 7 nbsp Mounted Female nbsp LarvaReferences edit Robert G Foottit amp Peter H Adler 2009 Insect Biodiversity Science and Society Blackwell Publishing Ltd ISBN 978 1 405 15142 9 Rainier Flindt 2006 Amazing Numbers in Biology Springer Verlag Berlin ISBN 3 540 30146 1 a b Saturniidae family CSIRO Entomology Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Retrieved 14 April 2023 Hercules Moth Identification Life Cycle Facts amp Pictures Moth Identification 2020 10 09 Retrieved 2021 04 15 Hercules the moth of myth Minibeast Wildlife Retrieved 14 April 2023 Coscinocera hercules Coffs Harbour Butterfly House Retrieved 14 April 2023 The Hercules Moth The Moth That Doesn t Eat Australian Butterfly Sanctuary Retrieved 2021 04 15 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coscinocera hercules nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Coscinocera hercules Information about this species at the Atlas of Living Australia View sightings of this species on iNaturalist View images of this species on Flickriver com Portals nbsp Insects nbsp Arthropods nbsp Animals nbsp Biology nbsp This article on a moth of the family Saturniidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Coscinocera hercules amp oldid 1149718572, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
