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 ).