Cincta Silk Moth

Rothschildia cinctus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae

North American moths represent about 12,000 types of moths. In comparison, there are about 825 species of North American butterflies. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Distribution

Cincta Silk Moth — (c) Lic. Kevin Miguel Garibaldi Fierro, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 85United States of America · 4

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Lic. Kevin Miguel Garibaldi Fierro, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionList of moths of North America (MONA 7649–8321), Wikipedia contributors

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