Citheronia

Citheronia
C. volcan Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Subfamily:	Ceratocampinae
Genus:	Citheronia Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
Eruca Edwards, 1771 Ceratocampa Harris, 1833 Dorycampha Duncan [& Westwood], 1841 Cithaeronia Agassiz, [1847]

Citheronia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.^[1]

Species[]

• Lemaire, 1971—Ecuador
• Schuas, 1896—Ecuador
• Citheronia azteca Schaus, 1896—Mexico and Guatemala
• Dyar, 1912—Mexico
• Draudt, 1930—Ecuador
• (Boisduval, 1868)
• Bouvier, 1927—Ecuador
• Citheronia hamifera Rothschild, 1907—Ecuador
• Schaus, 1928
• Citheronia laocoon (Cramer, 1777)
• Lemaire, 1971
• Citheronia lobesis Rothschild, 1907—Mexico
• Wolfe & Herbin, 2002
• Citheronia mexicana Grote & Robinson, 1867—Mexico
• Citheronia phoronea (Cramer, 1779)
• Lemaire, 1974—Mexico
• Citheronia regalis (Fabricius, 1793)—United States
• Citheronia sepulcralis Grote & Robinson, 1865—U.S.
• Citheronia splendens (Druce, 1886)—U.S., Mexico
• Citheronia vogleri (Weyenbergh, 1881)
• Lemaire, 1982

References[]

External links[]

• Savela, Markku. "Citheronia Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

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