This assassin bug has been documented predating upon caterpillars of the genus Hylesia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Hemileucinae) in Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
They are commonly known as Giant Silkworm Moth, a name also used for a wide range of other Saturniid moths.
An undetermined species of the genus Tachiniscidia has been reared from Saturniidae caterpillars in Nigeria.
Yet other species that live in tropical regions with little seasonality may be highly multivoltine, with several generations feeding on constantly growing vegetation (such as some species of Saturniidae or continually renewed detritus, such as Drosophila and many other genera of flies with a life cycle of just a week or two.
The Chinese moon moth (Actias sinensis) is a moth of the Family Saturniidae.
Nudaurelia cytherea (Fabr., 1775) capensis (Cramer, 1780) aka as the Pine Tree Emperor Moth, or Christmas Caterpillar because of it festive colouration, is a Southern African member of the Saturniidae family.
The Ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia) is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori.