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Genus Cautethia

Cautethia grotei Caterpillar on Black Torch (Erithalis fruticosa) - Cautethia grotei

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)

Family Sphingidae (Sphinx Moths)

Subfamily Macroglossinae

Tribe Macroglossini

Genus Cautethia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1856 by Francis Walker as Oenosanda, but it was invalid because he had already used the name for another genus.

Cautethia was proposed in 1865 by Augustus Radcliffe Grote to replace it

Internet References

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, v.8, p.231 Walker's original description of the genus (in Latin)

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York, v.8, p.202 Grote's proposal to change the name of the genus

Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 30 July, 2007 - 4:21pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 25 July, 2010 - 10:08pm

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