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Ailanthus silkmoth

Insect
Samia cynthia, the ailanthus silkmoth, is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth has very large wings of 113–125 mm, with a quarter-moon shaped spot on both the upper and lower... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Samia cynthia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Samia
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda