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Coscinocera

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Coscinocera is a genus of large moths from the family Saturniidae, that are found in Australasia. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Coscinocera is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Australia, Animalia and insect.

It is catalogued under topics including Bombycoidea genera, Saturniidae and Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler.

Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilySaturniidae
Observations recorded789

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Parent taxon
Saturniidae
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Coscinocera hercules.jpg
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taxon name
Coscinocera
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Commons category
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Category:Coscinocera
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Coscinocera is a genus of large moths from the family Saturniidae, that are found in Australasia. The genus was erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.

The genus contains Coscinocera hercules, the largest moth in Australia, and the insect with the largest wing surface area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coscinocera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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