title: Actias artemis
text: # Actias artemis
  
  Actias artemis is a moth native to Japan, Korea, China, India and Malaysia. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1853. Actias artemis is a close relative and look-alike of Actias luna, the American Luna moth.
  
  ## Images of life cycle
  
  * 2nd-instar larva reared on American sweetgum
  * 2nd-instar larva
  * 4th-instar larvae
  * 5th-instar larvae
  * 5th-instar larvae
  * 5th-instar larva
  * Adult male
  
  ## Host plants
  
  Larvae can be fed on willow (Salix), alder (Alnus), hickory (Carya), oak, plum, walnut and maple.
  
  