Bombyx of the ailante

The bombyx of the ailante or growing is a Lépidoptère pertaining to Saturniidae.

• Distribution: India, Southeast Asia, introduced with the the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, North America.

• Scale of the male: from 56 to 67 Misters
• Period of flight: mainly from May to June.
• Habitat: any place where is Ailante.
• Plant-hosts: Ailanthus .

Chéron d' Incarville discovered the species in China but it was introduced in France by Felix Edouard Guerin-Méneville (1799-1874) in 1855 like the Saturnie of the oak of Japan ( Antheraea yamamai ) and the Silkworm Tussah ( A. pernyi ) in order to find a species able to replace the Silkworm reaches Pébrine then.

Source

• PC. - Rougeot, P. Viette (1978). Guide of the night butterflies of Europe and North Africa . Delachaux and Niestlé (Lausanne).

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