Rothschildia orizaba
Species of moth
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Rothschildia orizaba, the Orizaba silkmoth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by John O. Westwood in 1854. It is found in Mexico,[2] Central and South America.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Rothschildia |
| Species: | R. orizaba |
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Subspecies
- Rothschildia orizaba orizaba (Mexico to Panama)
- Rothschildia orizaba peruviana Rothschild, 1907 (Ecuador, Peru)
- Rothschildia orizaba equatorialis Rothschild, 1907 (Ecuador)
- Rothschildia orizaba cauca Rothschild, 1907 (Colombia)
- Rothschildia orizaba bogotana Rothschild, 1907 (Colombia)
- Rothschildia orizaba meridana Rothschild, 1907 (Venezuela)
- Rothschildia orizaba triloba Rothschild, 1907 (Costa Rica)
- Rothschildia orizaba uruapana (C. C. Hoffman, 1942) (Mexico)
