The Bulgarian Silk Moths The family Saturniidae includes about 1300 species worldwide, most of them of remarkable size (Rougeot & Viette, 1983). Five Saturniidae species occur in Bulgaria (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1930, Ganev, 1984):
		Saturnia pyri ([DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER], 1775) Eudia pavonia (LINNAEUS, 1758) Eudia spini ([DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER], 1775) Perisomena caecigena (KUPIDO, 1825) Aglia tau (LINNAEUS, 1758)
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