The Saturniidae include about 1300 species. The family is of worldwide distribution with most species occurring in the New World tropics and includes some of the largest moths (Scoble 1992: 320).
Identification: Buszko & Sliwinski 1978, de Freina & Witt 1987, Forster & Wohlfahrt 1960, Hoffmeyer 1974, Koch 1964, Skinner 1984.
Nomenclature according to Fauna Europaea.
Species in Belgium: 3.