{"id":71007,"date":"2025-10-30T13:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=71007"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:35:19","slug":"atlas-moth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/atlas-moth\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlas Moth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Atlas Moth Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An &#8216;Atlas Moth&#8217; (Attacus atlas), recognised as the world&#8217;s largest moth, has been recently discovered in Guddehalli in Karwar of Karnataka&#8217;s Davangare district.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Atlas Moth<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a massive saturniid <\/span><b>moth native to tropical and subtropical rainforest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> regions of <\/span><b>Southeast Asia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Attacus atlas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, including in N<\/span><b>epal, northeastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, southeastern China, Laos, Cambodia, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vietnam, and Taiwan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is primarily found in <\/span><b>tropical and subtropical rainforests.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>cultivated in some areas for their silk called fagara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is<\/span><b> rough and woolly.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Atlas Moth <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is o<\/span><b>ne of the largest moths<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world, with a wingspan of over 9.8 inches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their wingspans are also amongst the largest, reaching over 25 cm (10 in).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Females are slightly larger than males.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wings of an atlas moth are a beautiful mix of brown, orange, white, and pink colors.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have clear, triangle-shaped &#8220;windows&#8221; on each wing. These windows look like they are made of glass.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like other moths in the family Saturniidae, adults do not have working mouthparts and only <\/span><b>live for a few days to a week.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Atlas moths lives only 14-18 days. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/state\/rare-atlas-moth-spotted-in-karnatakas-karwar-enn25102904201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ETVB<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlas Moth is a massive saturniid moth native to tropical and subtropical rainforest regions of Southeast Asia. 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