Adelowalkeria | |
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Adelowalkeria tristygma, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Saturniidae |
Subfamily: | Ceratocampinae |
Genus: | Adelowalkeria Travassos, 1941 |
Adelowalkeria is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Travassos in 1941. [1]
Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor moths, royal moths, and giant silk moths.
Eacles is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. They are native to the Americas. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Titaea timur is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is only known from Misahualli in Ecuador.
Ceratocampinae is a subfamily of moths in the family Saturniidae. Species can be found in the New World.
Arsenurinae is a subfamily of the family Saturniidae.
Gilles Terral was a French entomologist. He specialised in Lepidoptera Parnassiinae and Saturniidae.
Syssphinx is a genus of moths of the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Citheronia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Citioica is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae.
Almeidaia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Travassos in 1937.
Caio is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was described by Travassos and Noronha in 1968.
Adeloneivaia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Travassos in 1940.
Dacunju is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Travassos and Noronha in 1965.
Schausiella is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Eugène Louis Bouvier in 1930.
Scolesa is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae erected by Charles Duncan Michener in 1949.
Citheronia hamifera is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1907. It is found in Trinidad, Peru, Guyana, French Guiana, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Brazil.
Rhescyntis hippodamia is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found from Mexico to Brazil.
Rothschildia orizaba, the Orizaba silkmoth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by John O. Westwood in 1854. It is found in Mexico, Central and South America.
Automeris zugana is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1886. It is found from Panama to western Ecuador. The habitat consists of hyperhumid tropical rain forests at altitudes between 60 and 1,400 meters.
Automeris belti is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1886. A. belti is found from Mexico to Colombia and Ecuador. The wingspan is 95–100 mm.