| Citheronia lobesis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Citheronia |
| Species: | C. lobesis |
| Binomial name | |
| Citheronia lobesis (Rothschild, 1907) | |
Citheronia lobesis is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1907. [1] This moth has light orange bottom wings and darker orange upper wings with spots on them. Also, the body is orange and has black stripes.
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