Actias laovieta Naumann, Nässig & Löffler, 2017

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Kondakov, Alexander V., Bovykina, Galina V., Okulova, Anastasia I. & Spitsyna, Elizaveta A., 2025, The Brahmaeidae and Saturniidae of Laos (Lepidoptera), Ecologica Montenegrina 84, pp. 108-152 : 120

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.84.10
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:18433F0C-7212-45F1-9146-16697699EE36
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16960574
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB0FED07-3D3C-FFA7-FF6A-F999FF59FE85
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Actias laovieta Naumann, Nässig & Löffler, 2017
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Figs 7D View Figure 7 , 19B View Figure 19

Material examined. LAOS: Bolaven Plateau, Champasak Province, Paksong town , mountain tropical forest and pine plantations, 15°10'54"N, 106°14'25"E, 26– 28.07.2023, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg. – 1♂ GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Laos. Champasak Province, Sekong Province, and Attapu Province ( Naumann et al. 2017).

Reference COI barcode sequence. GenBank acc. no. PV069501.

Remarks. (1) Actias laovieta Naumann, Nässig & Löffler, 2017 is morphologically similar to Actias selene (Hübner, [1807]) and Actias ningpoana C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 and cannot reliably be identified only by means of morphological features. (2) A. laovieta is known from central and southern Vietnam (Lam Dong and Thua Thien Hue provinces) and southern Laos (Champasak, Sekong, and Attapu provinces) ( Naumann et al. 2017). (3) BOLD contains the COI sequence of the holotype (sample ID SASNA877-09). (4) The male genitalia of A. laovieta are illustrated for the first time ( Fig. 19B View Figure 19 ).