The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

SATURNIIDAE

Saturniidae is the emperor moths family of insects of the order Lepidoptera. The members are large moths, often with a wingspan exceeding 50 mm, with broad wings, usually with an eye-spot in the centre. They are mainly night-fliers. The caterpillars are stout, varicoloured, and have a body invested with tubercles and coarse bristles. Of the 1200 species of hawmoth, most are topical with only about ten species occurring in Europe.
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