Cautethia

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Cautethia
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Cautethia yucatana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Dilophonotini
Subtribe: Dilophonotina
Genus: Cautethia
Grote, 1867
Species

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Synonyms
  • BraesiaGrote & Robinson, 1868
  • OenosandaWalker, 1856

Cautethia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1867. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Cautethia Grote, 1867". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2018.