Saturniidae Agliinae Synaphe punctalis Samia cynthia
Aglia tau (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tau Emperor
Genus: Aglia Ochsenheimer, 1810   Original genus: Phalaena Linnaeus, 1758
A. tau (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), unknown locality, April 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
A. tau (© Jens Christian Schou)
Adult (male), Løvenholm Skov, Djursland, Denmark, May 5, 2003
(Photo by Jens Christian Schou, BioPix)
A. tau (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), unknown locality, April 1994
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
A. tau (© Yeray Monasterio)
Adult (male), Rajao, Tobía, La Rioja, Spain, April 9, 2006
(Photo by Yeray Monasterio, ZERYNTHIA -- Asociación Española para la Protección de las Mariposas y su Medio)
A. tau (© Yeray Monasterio)
Adults (mating), Rajao, Tobía, La Rioja, Spain, April 9, 2006
(Photo by Yeray Monasterio, ZERYNTHIA -- Asociación Española para la Protección de las Mariposas y su Medio)
A. tau (© Elisabeth Gaillard)
Adult (male), Vercors, France, May 2005
(Photo by Elisabeth Gaillard)
A. tau (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva (last instar), unknown locality, May 1993
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
A. tau (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva (second instar), unknown locality, May 1993
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
A. tau (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva (third instar), unknown locality, May 1993
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
A. tau (© Heiner Ziegler)
Egg, Chur, 580m, GR, Switzerland, May 5, 2005
(Photo by Heiner Ziegler, Schmetterlinge Calanda)
Foodplants:
Betula, Alnus glutinosa, A. incana, Salix caprea, Sorbus aucuparia, Tilia cordata, Quercus, Corylus avellana
To know more about:
A.R. Pittaway - Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic - Aglia tau page
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