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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Silkmoths (Saturniinae) » Attacini » Rothschildia » Orizaba Silkmoth - Hodges#7762 (Rothschildia orizaba)

Species Rothschildia orizaba - Orizaba Silkmoth - Hodges#7762

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Orizaba Silkmoth - Hodges #7762 - Rothschildia orizaba
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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 Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)
Subfamily Saturniinae (Silkmoths)
Tribe Attacini
Genus Rothschildia
Species orizaba (Orizaba Silkmoth - Hodges#7762)
Hodges Number
7762
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rothschildia orizaba (Westwood, 1853)
Range
AZ to w. TX(?) / Mex. to S. Amer. - SCAN(GBIF)
there is a Sept. 1924 spmn record from San Benito [Cameron Co.], Tex. per GBIF
Print References
Ferguson, D.C., 1972. the Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2b, p. 226; pl. 17.1.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
SCAN
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 July, 2013 - 9:32am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 March, 2021 - 6:38am

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