Stauropus alternus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Notodontidae
- Genus
- Stauropus
- Species
- Stauropus alternus
- Scientific Name
- Stauropus alternus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Stauropus alternus
Stauropus alternus, the lobster caterpillar, lobster moth or crab caterpillar, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in the north-eastern Himalaya, Sri Lanka, Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the southern Moluccas. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855.
...Stauropus alternus in languages:
- Chinese
- 弓紋蟻舟蛾
- Chinese
- 龍眼蟻舟蛾
- English
- Lobster Caterpillar Moth
- Japanese
- ナントシャチホコ
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