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Arsenura

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Arsenura is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841.

Species

giant silk moth

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilySaturniidae
Observations2,387
Observations recorded5,009

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
31
With media
6
Family
Saturniidae
Collections
MHNCA, DMNS, YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), USNM
Recorded in
Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Saturniidae
Image
Arsenura pandora.jpg
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taxon name
Arsenura
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Arsenura
topic's main category
Category:Arsenura
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Encyclopedic overview

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Arsenura is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841.

==Species== The genus includes the following species: Arsenura albopicta Jordan, 1922 Arsenura alcmene Draudt, 1930 Arsenura altocymonia Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Arsenura amacymonia Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Arsenura angulata Bouvier, 1924 Arsenura arcaei Druce, 1886 Arsenura archianassa Draudt, 1930 Arsenura arianae Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Arsenura armida (Cramer, 1779) Arsenura aspasia (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1853) Arsenura aurantiaca Lemaire, 1976 Arsenura batesii (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Arsenura beebei (Fleming, 1945) Arsenura biundulata Schaus, 1906 Arsenura ciocolatina Draudt, 1930 Arsenura columbiana Rothschild, 1907 Arsenura crenulata Schaus, 1921 Arsenura cymonia (W. Rothschild, 1907) Arsenura delormei Bouvier, 1929 Arsenura drucei Schaus, 1906 Arsenura fuscata Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Arsenura hercules Walker, 1855 Arsenura jennettae Wolfe, Conlan & Kelly, 2000 Arsenura kaechi Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Arsenura meander (Walker, 1855) Arsenura mestiza Draudt, 1940 Arsenura mossi Jordan, 1922 Arsenura niepelti Schüssler, 1930 Arsenura orbignyana (Guerin-Meneville, 1844) Arsenura oweni Schaus, 1921 Arsenura pandora (Klug, 1836) Arsenura paranensis Schüssler, 1930 Arsenura paraorbygnyana Brechlin & Meister, 2010 Arsenura peggyae Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Arsenura pelias Jordan, 1911 Arsenura polyodonta (Jordan, 1911) Arsenura ponderosa W. Rothschild, 1895 Arsenura rebeli Gschwander, 1920 Arsenura sylla (Cramer, 1779) Arsenura thomsoni Schaus, 1906 Arsenura xanthopus (Walker, 1855) Arsenura yungascymonia Brechlin & Meister, 2010

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