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Rothschildia erycina

Rothschildia erycina

Classification

Class
Insecta

Rothschildia erycina, or Rothschild's silk moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by George Shaw in 1796. It is found from Mexico to Brazil and Paraguay. The habitat is tropical rainforest and wet savannah.

Distribution

(c) Geoff Gallice, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 16