Rothschildia

Rothschildia
Rothschildia jacobaeae , type species of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Subfamily:	Saturniinae
Tribe:	Attacini
Genus:	Rothschildia Grote, 1896

Rothschildia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1896. ^[1]

Species are found in North America and South America from the United States to Argentina.

Species

• Rothschildia amoena Jordan, 1911
• Rothschildia anikae Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Rothschildia arethusa (Walker, 1855)
• Rothschildia aricia (Walker, 1855)
• Rothschildia aurota (Cramer, 1775)
• Rothschildia belus (Maassen, 1873)
• Rothschildia chiris W. Rothschild, 1907
• Rothschildia cincta (Tepper, 1883)
• Rothschildia condor (Staudinger, 1894)
• Rothschildia erycina (Shaw, 1796)
• Rothschildia forbesi Benjamin, 1934
• Rothschildia hesperus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Rothschildia hopfferi (C. & R. Felder, 1859)
• Rothschildia interaricia Brechlin & Meister, 2010
• Rothschildia jacobaeae (Walker, 1855)
• Rothschildia jorulla (Westwood, 1854)
• Rothschildia jorulloides (Dognin, 1895)
• Rothschildia lebeau (Guerin-Meneville, 1868)
• Rothschildia maurus (Burmeister, 1879)
• Rothschildia orizaba (Westwood, 1854)
• Rothschildia paucidentata Lemaire, 1971
• Rothschildia prionia W. Rothschild, 1907
• Rothschildia renatae Lampe, 1985
• Rothschildia roxana Schaus, 1905
• Rothschildia schreiteriana Breyer & Orfila, 1945
• Rothschildia triloba W. Rothschild, 1907
• Rothschildia tucumani (Dognin, 1901)
• Rothschildia xanthina Rothschild, 1907
• Rothschildia zacateca (Westwood, 1854)

Gallery

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  Rothschildia aurota - MHNT
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  Rothschildia cincta
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  Rothschildia erycina
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  Rothschildia hesperus
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  Rothschildia jacobaeae
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  Rothschildia lebeau
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  Rothschildia maurus

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Rothschildia Grote, 1896". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 11, 2018.