Genus Rothschildia

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Forbes' Silkmoth - Rothschildia forbesi - male

Rothschildia Lebeau Forbesi (Forbes' Silkmoth) - female - Rothschildia forbesi - female

Rothschildia Lebeau Forbesi (Forbes' Silkmoth) - mating pair (male on right) - Rothschildia forbesi - male - female

Finally a Forbes! - Rothschildia forbesi

Finally a Forbes! close-up - Rothschildia forbesi

Finally a Forbes! moved inside - Rothschildia forbesi

Finally a Forbes! back outdoors - Rothschildia forbesi

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Bombycoidea

Family Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)

Subfamily Saturniinae (Silkmoths)

Tribe Attacini

Genus Rothschildia

Numbers

Tuskes, p. 187, lists two species that just make it into North America, as treated here: R. lebeau and R. cincta. (1)

Works Cited

1.	The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada By Paul M. Tuskes, James P. Tuttle, Michael M. Collins

Contributed by Cotinis on 19 August, 2005 - 9:50pm

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