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Spanish Moon Moth

Graellsia isabellae

Classification

Class
Insecta

Graellsia isabellae, the Spanish moon moth, is in the silkmoth family Saturniidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Graellsia. The species was first described by Mariano de la Paz Graells y de la Agüera in 1849 and the genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1896.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 342France · 47Switzerland · 2Germany · 1