Coscinocera

Coscinocera
Mounted male Coscinocera hercules
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Subfamily:	Saturniinae
Genus:	Coscinocera Butler, 1879

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. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Coscinocera amputata Niepelt, 1936
• Coscinocera anteus Bouvier, 1927
• Coscinocera brachyura Biedermann, 1932
• Coscinocera butleri Rothschild, 1895
• Coscinocera eurystheus Rothschild, 1898
• Coscinocera heraclides Joicey & Talbot, 1916
• Coscinocera hercules (Miskin, 1876)
• Coscinocera heros Rothschild, 1899
• Coscinocera joiceyi Bouvier, 1927
• Coscinocera omphale Butler, 1879
• Coscinocera rothschildi Le Moult, 1933
• Coscinocera titanus Niepelt, 1916

References

1. Robert G. Foottit & Peter H. Adler. 2009. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-405-15142-9
2. Rainier Flindt. 2006. Amazing Numbers in Biology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. ISBN   3-540-30146-1

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life