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Rothschildia orizaba

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Rothschildia orizaba: /ɹɔθsˈtʃɪldiə oʊɹiˈsɑbə/

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Images

Rothschildia orizaba equitorialis (12820946803) by Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
Rothschildia orizaba orizaba 8737430 by José Belem Hernández Díaz. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.
SaturniaWestwood1853 by John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893). Used under a Public domain license.
Rothschildia orizaba 1 by Franz Xaver. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Rothschildia species. ( o.orizaba or h.hesperus^) Saturniidae - Flickr - gailhampshire by gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
Rothschildia orizaba peruviana by Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.

Summary

Rothschildia orizaba, known as the Orizaba silkmoth, is a moth in the family Saturniidae first described by John O. Westwood in 1854. Multiple subspecies are recognized across its range from Mexico to South America.

Distribution

Found in Mexico, Central and South America; specifically known from Arizona to west Texas and a September 1924 specimen recorded from San Benito, Texas.

Tags

  • Lepidoptera
  • Saturniidae
  • moth
  • Rothschildia orizaba