Rothschildia jacobaeae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Genus
- Rothschildia
- Species
- Rothschildia jacobaeae
- Scientific Name
- Rothschildia jacobaeae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Rothschildia jacobaeae
Rothschildia jacobaeae (commonly known as the Brazilian silk moth) is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is endemic to Argentina and Brazil.
The wingspan is 80–100 mm.
The larvae feed on plants of several families, including species of Ilex paraguariensis, Jacaranda caroba, Jacaranda mimosifolia, Ligustrum spp., Ligustrum ovalifolium, Cephalanthus glabratus.
...Rothschildia jacobaeae in languages:
- English
- Rothchild's Atlas Moth
- Portuguese
- Mariposa-Espelho
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Rothschildia alexapricae
- Rothschildia amoena
- Rothschildia anikae
- Rothschildia arethusa
- Rothschildia arianae
- Rothschildia aricia
- Rothschildia aurota
- Rothschildia belus
- Rothschildia chiris
- Rothschildia chrisbrechlinae
- Rothschildia cinctus
- Rothschildia condor
- Rothschildia erycina
- Rothschildia fabiani
- Rothschildia fossilis
- Rothschildia hesperus
- Rothschildia hopfferi
- Rothschildia interaricia
- Rothschildia jacobaeae
- Rothschildia jorulla
- Rothschildia jorulloides
- Rothschildia lebeau
- Rothschildia lebecuatoriana
- Rothschildia lebtolimaiana
- Rothschildia lutea
- Rothschildia maurus
- Rothschildia meridana
- Rothschildia micrinus
- Rothschildia nigrescens
- Rothschildia orizaba
- Rothschildia paranensis
- Rothschildia paucidentata
- Rothschildia peggyae
- Rothschildia peruviana
- Rothschildia prionia
- Rothschildia renatae
- Rothschildia roxana
- Rothschildia sandimasiana
- Rothschildia schreiteriana
- Rothschildia silkae
- Rothschildia sinjaevorum
- Rothschildia speculifer
- Rothschildia triloba
- Rothschildia tucumani
- Rothschildia vanschaycki
- Rothschildia winbrechlini
- Rothschildia xanthina
- Rothschildia zacateca