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The Autumn Emperor Moth (''Perisomena caecigena'') is a moth of the Saturniidae family. It is found in Italy (east of Venice near the Croatian border) and then from south-eastern Austria through Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania, the western Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece to most of Turkey and the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. There is also an isolated population in the mountains of Lebanon and Israel. Subspecies ''stroehlei'' is endemic to the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. The wingspan is 62–88 mm for ssp. ''caecigena'' and 40–65 mm for males and 48–90 mm for females of ssp. ''stroehlei''. Adults are on wing from late September to early November. The larvae feed on ''Quercus'' species, including ''Quercus robur'', ''Quercus petrea'', ''Quercus pubescens'', ''Quercus cerris'' and ''Quercus ilex'', but also ''Populus alba'', ''Populus nigra'', ''Fraxinus'', ''Pyrus'' and ''Prunus''. ''Salix'' might also be a host plant, since larvae have been reared on ''Salix caprea'' in captivity. ==Subspecies== *''Perisomena caecigena caecigena'' *''Perisomena caecigena stroehlei'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Perisomena caecigena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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