Coscinocera
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Genus: | Coscinocera Butler, 1879
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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[]
- Niepelt, 1936
- Bouvier, 1927
- Biedermann, 1932
- Rothschild, 1895
- Rothschild, 1898
- Joicey & Talbot, 1916
- Coscinocera hercules (Miskin, 1876)
- Rothschild, 1899
- Bouvier, 1927
- Butler, 1879
- Le Moult, 1933
- Niepelt, 1916
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- Saturniidae
- Saturniidae stubs