The Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia) is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Saturnia. It occurs throughout the Palearctic region and is the only member of its family found in the British Isles. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About... Subfamilies The Saturniidae, collectively known as saturniids, are among the largest and most spectacular of the lepidoptera, with an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 different species existing worldwide. ... pavoinia is a genus containing at least the following species. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné   listen?, and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly. ... Subfamilies The Saturniidae, collectively known as saturniids, are among the largest and most spectacular of the lepidoptera, with an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 different species existing worldwide. ... The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth surface (see map). ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...

The male has a wingspan of about 60 mm with brown and white forewings marked with red and orange fascia and a bold black and orange eye-spot. The hindwings are orange with a similar eye-spot. The female is larger (wingspan about 80 mm) but less brightly coloured than the male, being generally grey and white but has all wings marked with eye-spots similar to the male. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip. ... Fascia is a specialized connective tissue layer which surrounds muscles, bones, and joints, providing support and protection and giving structure to the body. ...

The male flies rapidly during the day in April and May, looking for the rather sluggish females, which usually only fly at night. The species inhabits a range of habitats but is most often associated with heathland and moorland. Heaths are anthropogenic habitats found primarily in northern and western Europe, where they have been created by thousands of years of human clearance of natural forest vegetation by grazing and burning on mainly infertile acidic soils. ... Heaths are anthropogenic habitats found primarily in northern and western Europe, where they have been created by thousands of years of human clearance of natural forest vegetation by grazing and burning on mainly infertile acidic soils. ...

The larva is black and orange at first, later becoming green with black rings and yellow and red spots. The commonest food plant is heather but the species has also been recorded feeding on a huge range of other plants (see list below). The species overwinters as a pupa within a fibrous cocoon. A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum... Binomial name Calluna vulgaris Calluna is the name of a monospecific genus in the family Ericaceae. ... Chrysalis of Gulf Fritillary in Georgetown, South Carolina Pupation of Aglais urticae A pupa (plural: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. ... Cocoon has a number of meanings. ...

Recorded food plants

• Alchemilla
• Alnus - Alder
• Arbutus - Strawberry Tree
• Betula - Birch
• Calluna - Heather
• Cornus - Dogwood
• Crataegus - Hawthorn
• Erica
• Fagus - Beech
• Filipendula - Meadowsweet
• Fragaria - Strawberry
• Fraxinus - Ash
• Hippophae - Sea-buckthorn
• Humulus - Hop
• Juglans - Walnut
• Lythrum - Purple loosestrife
• Malus - Apple
• Myrica gale
• Pistacia - Terebinth
• Populus - Aspen
• Potentilla
• Prunus
• Pyrus - Pear
• Quercus - Oak
• Rhamnus - Buckthorn
• Rosa - Rose
• Rubus
• Rumex
• Salix - Willow
• Sambucus - Elder
• Schinus - Brazilian pepper
• Sorbus
• Spiraea
• Ulmus - Elm
• Vaccinium

genus Alchemilla External links Section Herbal information Ladys Mantel Herbalist David Hoffmann @ Health World Section Eclectic herbal information Ladys Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris) Mrs. ... Species About 20-30 species, see text. ... The evergreen Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo L.) is an ornamental plant. ... Species many species see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... Binomial name Calluna vulgaris Calluna is the name of a monospecific genus in the family Ericaceae. ... Subgenera Cornus Benthamidia Swida The Dogwoods comprise a group of 30-50 species of deciduous woody plants (shrubs and trees) in the family Cornaceae, divided into one to nine genera or subgenera (depending on botanical interpretation). ... Species See text. ... Species Over 700 species, including: Erica arborea Erica caffra Erica carnea Erica ciliaris Erica cinerea Erica erigena Erica mackaiana Erica scoparia Erica tetralix Erica vagans Erica is a genus of over 700 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae; the English names, both shared with some other closely related... Species Fagus crenata - Japanese Beech Fagus engleriana - Chinese Beech Fagus grandifolia - American Beech Fagus hayatae - Taiwan Beech Fagus japonica - Japanese Blue Beech Fagus longipetiolata - South Chinese Beech Fagus lucida - Shining Beech Fagus mexicana - Mexican Beech or Haya Fagus orientalis - Oriental Beech Fagus sylvatica - European Beech Beech (Fagus) is a genus... Binomial name Spiraea ulmaria Meadowsweet (Spiraea ulmaria) is a perennial herb of the Rosaceae family, which grows in damp meadows. ... Species see text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the Family Rosaceae (Rose Family), and the fruit of these plants. ... Species Many, see text. ... Species Hippophae rhamnoides - Common Sea-buckthorn Hippophae salicifolia - Willow-leaved Sea-buckthorn Hippophae tibetana - Tibetan Sea-buckthorn The Sea-buckthorns, also known as Seaberry or Sea Berry, are deciduous shrubs in the genus Hippophae, family Elaeagnaceae. ... Species Humulus lupulus L. Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc. ... This article is about the walnut tree. ... Binomial name Lythrum salicaria Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)—also known as Spiked loosestrife, Purple lythrum, Rainbow weed or Salicaire—is a semi-aquatic herbaceous plant belonging to the loosestrife family, Lythraceae. ... Species - Southern Crab - Siberian Crabapple - Sweet Crabapple - Apple - Japanese Crabapple - Oregon Crab - Chinese Crabapple - Prairie Crab - Asian Wild Apple - European Wild Apple Malus, the apples, is a genus of about 30-35 species of small deciduous trees or shrubs in the family Rosaceae, including most importantly the domesticated Orchard or... Binomial name Myrica gale L. Myrica gale is a species of flowering plant in the genus Myrica, native to northern and western Europe and parts of northern North America. ... Species Pistacia atlantica Pistacia chinensis Pistacia lentiscus Pistacia mexicana Pistacia taxiferum Pistacia terebinthus Pistacia vera Ref: ITIS 28806 2002-08-16 The Pistachio (Pistacia vera, Anacardiaceae; sometimes placed in Pistaciaceae) is a small tree to 10 m tall, with deciduous pinnate leaves native to southwestern Asia (Iran west to the... Species Populus adenopoda Populus alba Populus grandidentata Populus sieboldii Populus tremula Populus tremuloides Aspens are trees of the willow family and comprise a section of the poplar genus Populus sect. ... Species About 500, including: White Cinquefoil Trailing Tormentil Silverweed Hoary Cinquefoil Tall Cinquefoil Canadian Cinquefoil Grey Cinquefoil Alpine Cinquefoil Common Tormentil Shrubby Cinquefoil Pink Barren Strawberry Norwegian Cinquefoil Marsh Cinquefoil Pennsylvania Cinquefoil Sulphur Cinquefoil Creeping Tormentil Rock Cinquefoil Oldfield Cinquefoil Barren Strawberry Spring Cinquefoil Potentilla is a genus of about... Species Prunus alabamensis Prunus alleghaniensis Prunus americana Prunus andersonii Prunus angustifolia Prunus armeniaca Prunus avium Prunus caroliniana Prunus cerasifera Prunus cerasus Prunus domestica Prunus dulcis Prunus emarginata Prunus fasciculata Prunus fremontii Prunus fruticosa Prunus geniculata Prunus glandulosa Prunus gracilis Prunus havardii Prunus hortulana Prunus ilicifolia Prunus japonica Prunus laurocerasus Prunus... PEAR may refer to: the fruit pear PHP_Extension_and_Application_Repository Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Oakland International Airport is located in Oakland, California and serves the San Francisco Bay Area metro region. ... Species See text The Buckthorns Rhamnus are a genus (or two genera, if Frangula is treated as distinct) of about 100 species of shrubs or small trees from 1-10 m tall (rarely to 15 m), in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. ... Species About 100, see text References:   U. of Illinois 2002-05-29 A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa and the flower of this shrub. ... Species See text. ... Species About 200, see text. ... Species About 350, including: Salix alba - White Willow Salix amygdaloides - Peachleaf Willow Salix arbuscula - Mountain Willow Salix aurita - Eared Willow Salix babylonica - Peking Willow Salix caprea - Goat Willow Salix caroliniana - Coastal Plain Willow Salix cinerea - Grey Sallow Salix fragilis - Crack Willow Salix herbacea - Dwarf Willow Salix lanata - Woolly Willow Salix... Species See text Elder or Elderberry (Sambucus) is a genus of between 5-30 species of fast-growing shrubs or small trees (two species herbaceous), formerly treated in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, but now shown by genetic evidence to be correctly classified in the moschatel family Adoxaceae. ... Subgenera Sorbus Aria Micromeles Cormus Torminaria Chamaemespilus The genus Sorbus, or the Whitebeams, Rowans, and Service Trees, is a genus of about 100-200 species trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. ... Meadowsweet (Spiraea ulmaria) is a perennial herb of the Rosaceae family, which grows in damp meadows. ... Species See text Elms are deciduous trees of the genus Ulmus, family Ulmaceae. ... Species Subgenus Oxycoccus Vaccinium macrocarpon (American Cranberry) Vaccinium microcarpum (Small Cranberry) Vaccinium oxycoccus (Common Cranberry) Subgenus Vaccinium Vaccinium angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry) Vacciuium arboreum (Sparkleberry) Vaccinium ashei (Rabbiteye Blueberry) Vacciuium atrococcum (Black Huckleberry) Vaccinium caesium (Deerberry) Vaccinium corymbosum (Highbush Blueberry) Vaccinium melanocarpum (Georgia Blueberry) Vaccinium myrsinites (Evergreen Blueberry) Vaccinium myrtilloides (Canadian...

References

Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)

Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984

External Link

Emperor Moth at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera page