Aglia tau
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Aglia |
| Species: | A. tau
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Aglia tau, the tau emperor, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Europe and across Central Asia to the Pacific coast.[1] The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
The wingspan is 60–84 mm. The moth flies in one generation from March to July depending on the location.
The larvae primarily feed on European beech, but also birch, Alnus glutinosa, Salix caprea and Sorbus aucuparia. The larvae look rather like hickory horned devil caterpillars in the early instar
4th instar of the larva of the tau emperor
Male, ventral view
References
- ^ Naumann, Stefan; Brosch, Ulrich; Nässig, Wolfgang A. (2003). "A catalogue and annotated checklist of the subfamily Agliinae Packard, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) 1. Review of the Aglia species with description of a new taxon from Sichuan, China" (PDF). Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 24 (4): 173–182.
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