Citheronia
Sign in to saveCitheronia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilySaturniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 114
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Collections
- MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM (MPM), YPM, DMNS, MNHN, USNM
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Colombie, BréSil, Argentina, Ecuador
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- Parent taxon
- Ceratocampinae
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- Citheronia phoronea (Cramer, 1779)-(Phalaena Phoronea).jpg
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Citheronia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
==Species== Citheronia andina Lemaire, 1971—Ecuador Citheronia aroa Schuas, 1896—Ecuador Citheronia azteca Schaus, 1896—Mexico and Guatemala Citheronia beledonon Dyar, 1912—Mexico Citheronia bellavista Draudt, 1930—Ecuador Citheronia brissotii (Boisduval, 1868) Citheronia equatorialis Bouvier, 1927—Ecuador Citheronia hamifera Rothschild, 1907—Ecuador Citheronia johnsoni Schaus, 1928 Citheronia laocoon (Cramer, 1777) Citheronia lichyi Lemaire, 1971 Citheronia lobesis Rothschild, 1907—Mexico Citheronia maureillei Wolfe & Herbin, 2002 Citheronia mexicana Grote & Robinson, 1867—Mexico Citheronia phoronea (Cramer, 1779) Citheronia pseudomexicana Lemaire, 1974—Mexico Citheronia regalis (Fabricius, 1793)—United States Citheronia sepulcralis Grote & Robinson, 1865—U.S. Citheronia splendens (Druce, 1886)—U.S., Mexico Citheronia vogleri (Weyenbergh, 1881) Citheronia volcan Lemaire, 1982
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