Pink Spirit Moth

Actias rhodopneuma is a member of Saturniidae. Röber described it in 1925 in the genus Euandrea. [1]

The identified Laotian pair illustrated in the 2025 survey shows narrow forewing eyespots shaped like dark crescents, smaller oval hindwing eyespots and long, tapering hindwing tails. The male has yellow wings and a yellow body, with broad salmon-pink outer wing regions continuing along the tails. The female is paler, with greenish-white wings, a white body, fine transverse wing lines and narrower pink edging along the tails. Both specimens have a dark reddish forewing leading edge. [2]

Published records place the species in Laos and Yunnan, China. In Laos it has been recorded from Luang Prabang, Houaphan and Phongsaly. [3][2][4]

Two males were collected at 1,800 m in Luang Prabang in June 1997. A 2025 survey reports males and females from mountain tropical forest near Phongsaly town and 10 km east of Boun Neua, collected during August 2024. [3][2]

The original combination was Euandrea rhodopneuma Röber, 1925. Modern taxonomic records place the species in Actias. [1]

The 2025 Laotian study illustrates an identified male and female from the Boun Neua area. It also provides a male genitalia plate from Phongsaly. [2]

The compositions emphasize pale yellow and pink colour regions, feathered antennae and the long hindwing tails.

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Where are the documented Laotian records? Published material comes from Luang Prabang, Houaphan and Phongsaly, including mountain-forest collections near Boun Neua. [3][2]

What was its original genus? Röber described the species as Euandrea rhodopneuma in 1925. [1]

The 2008 and 2025 Laotian papers document collection localities and examined material. The 2025 study includes identified adult and genitalia plates; the Yunnan institutional account provides Chinese records. [3][2][4]