Citheronia lobesis

(Citheronia lobesis)

Description

Citheronia lobesis is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1907. This moth has light orange bottom wings and darker orange upper wings with spots on them. Also, the body is orange and has black stripes.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Saturniidae

Genus:Citheronia

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