Rothschildia orizaba

Rothschildia orizaba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Saturniidae
Genus:Rothschildia
Species: R. orizaba
Binomial name
Rothschildia orizaba
(Westwood, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Attacus orizaba Westwood, 1853
  • Rothschildia ochracea Draudt, 1929
  • Rothschildia prionidia Draudt, 1929
  • Rothschildia paradoxa Hoffmann, 1942

Rothschildia orizaba (orizaba silkmoth) is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Central and South America.[2]

Subspecies

  • Rothschildia orizaba orizaba (Mexico to Panama)
  • Rothschildia orizaba peruviana Rothschild, 1907 (Ecuador, Peru)
  • Rothschildia orizaba equatorialis Rothschild, 1907 (Ecuador)
  • Rothschildia orizaba cauca Rothschild, 1907 (Colombia)
  • Rothschildia orizaba bogotana Rothschild, 1907 (Colombia)
  • Rothschildia orizaba meridana Rothschild, 1907 (Venezuela)
  • Rothschildia orizaba triloba Rothschild, 1907 (Costa Rica)
  • Rothschildia orizaba uruapana (C. C. Hoffman, 1942) (Mexico)

References

  1. ↑ Lepidoptera Barcoding of Life: Saturniidae
  2. ↑ Rothschildia at funet


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