ATTACUS ANGULIFERA 



GENUS, ATTACUS (loCUSt). 



SPECIES, ANGULIFERA ("angle-bearing"). 



Attacus angtdifera has been considered, by some ento- 

 mologists, a variety of A. jjromethea, but experience 

 with several broods has convinced us that it is a sepa- 

 rate species, and it is so considered in the Check-List. 

 It is a very "near relative," however, and the females 

 of the two species are often closely alike, though those 

 of angidlfota have larger angular marks. The male 

 angulifera is much like the female, but is of a gray- 

 brown, while the female is of a red color with a yellow 

 tinge. They vary much in tint, some being much 

 redder, some very pale, others dark. The males are 

 usually smaller than the females, and usually are 

 darker. Both have the wavy light line across the 

 wings, like promethea, and the apical eye-spot charac- 

 teristic of the genus. The abdomen of the male is 

 much smaller and his antennae are much broader than 

 those of the female. 



The moths mate readily in captivity and will mate 

 as readily with promethea. 



Our first moths came from cocoons sent by a friend. 

 They emerged in July, and the eggs were laid on the 

 8th of July. 



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