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Actias gnoma, also known as the Japanese moon moth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in Japan[1] and the Russian Far East.

Actias gnoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Actias
Species:	A. gnoma
Binomial name
Actias gnoma (Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
Tropaea gnoma Butler, 1877 Actias artemis tomariactias Bryk, 1942

Adults are light greenish blue with a raised and sparse scale cover. A single postmedial fascia is found on the forewings. The eyes are small, mostly with a fine black frame (although this is sometimes absent). The inner half of the eye is narrower than the outer one. The apex of the hindwings is usually pointed.[2]

Subspecies

• Actias gnoma gnoma (Butler, 1877)
• Actias gnoma mandschurica (Staudinger, 1892)
• Actias gnoma miyatai Inoue, 1976 (Japan: Hachijō-jima)

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