family Saturniidae

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family Saturniidae - important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects knownSaturniidaearthropod family - any of the arthropodsLepidoptera, order Lepidoptera - moths and butterfliessaturniid, saturniid moth - large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoonsgenus Saturnia, Saturnia - type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor mothEacles, genus Eacles - imperial mothsgiant silkworm, wild wilkworm, silkworm - larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoonActias, genus Actias - luna mothsgenus Hyalophora, Hyalophora - American silkworm mothgenus Samia, Samia - silkworm mothsAutomeris, genus Automeris - io mothAntheraea, genus Antheraea - large moths whose larvae produce silk of high qualityAtticus, genus Atticus - atlas moth