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Examples
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I found this battered luna moth Actias luna yesterday around noon.
A luna moth on its last leg AYDIN 2007
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I found this battered luna moth Actias luna yesterday around noon.
Archive 2007-08-01 AYDIN 2007
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_Actias selene_, have constantly emerged, but only one or two at a time.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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The cocoons of the species of the genus Actias are closed, but the larvæ have not the metallic spots of the species of the genus Antheræa.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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For the first time I reared _Actias selene_, from India, on a nut-tree in the garden, and _Attacus atlas_, on the ailantus.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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Next in size come several species of the genus _Actias, _ of which _selene_ is the most common.
The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902
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That particular shoe-box had brought me an Actias Luna, newly emerged, and as yet unable to fly.
Moths of the Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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File: Luna moth. jpg | [[Luna Moth]] ( '' Actias luna '')
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