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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) » Saturniini » Calosaturnia

Genus Calosaturnia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · See Also · Print References
Calosaturnia albofasciata - male - female Saturnia (Calosaturnia) mendocino - Calosaturnia mendocino - female Saturnia mendocino - Calosaturnia mendocino - male Saturnia albofasciata female - Calosaturnia albofasciata - female Garry's moth - Calosaturnia walterorum - male Saturnia albofasciata male - Calosaturnia albofasciata - male Calosaturnia mendocino - male Calosaturnia walterorum - female
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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 Saturniini
Genus Calosaturnia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Calosaturnia Smith, 1886, stat. nov. [formerly a subgenus of Saturnia Schrank 1802]
Numbers
there are three North American species
Remarks
The North American members of the Genus Saturnia (i.e. Calosaturnia) are closely related to the Genus Agapema.
See Also
Agapema
Print References
Rubinoff, D.C. & C. Doorenweerd, 2020. Systematics and Biogeography Reciprocally Illuminate Taxonomic Revisions in the Silkmoth Genus Saturnia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 74(1): 1-6.
Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 19 February, 2007 - 6:26am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Bill Reynolds
Last updated 25 May, 2021 - 12:59pm

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