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Rothschildia Grote, 1896

Rothschildia Grote, 1896; Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 34: 204, TS: Attacus jacobaeae Walker
Rothschildia (Attacini) ; [NACL, 109]; [MABL]

Rothschildia lebeau (Guérin-Méneville, 1868)

Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, .... See [About maps] Attacus lebeau Guérin-Méneville, 1868; Rev. Mag. Zool.: 320
Attacus bolivar Maassen & Weymer, 1873; Beitr. Schmett. 3: f. 27
Rothschildia lebeau, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Rothschildia lebeau, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Attacus lebeaui[sic, recte lebeau] ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 190

R. l. lebeau

Ecuador

R. l. aroma Schaus, 1905

Mexico, ...? Rothschildia lebeau aroma ; [MABL]

R. l. inca Rothschild, 1907

Ecuador Rothschildia jorulla inca Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 415, TL: Carabaya, SE.Peru, La Union, Rio Huacamaya, 2000ft; La Oroya, Rio Inambari, 3100ft

R. l. forbesi Benjamin, 1934

Texas, Mexico Forbes' Silkmoth
Rothschildia forbesi Benjamin, 1934
Rothschildia draudti Benjamin, 1934

= Rothschildia forbesi Benjamin, 1934; [NACL, #7761]

Rothschildia forbesi, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Rothschildia lebeau forbesi, Saturniidae of North America [Bill Oehlke]
Rothschildia forbesi ; [NACL, #7761]
Rothschildia lebeau forbesi ; [MABL]

Larva on Fraxinus berlandieriana, Zanthoxylum fagara, Prunus persica, Slaix, Citrus, Acacia [SMNA]

R. l. yucatana Lemaire, 1971

Mexico, ...? Rothschildia lebeau yucatana ; [MABL]

Rothschildia cincta (Tepper, 1883)

New Mexico. See [About maps] ?Attacus cinctus Tepper, 1883
?Rothschildia cinctus Tepper, 1882; Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 5 : 65, pl. 1, f. 1-2
Rothschildia pseudoguerreronis Hoffmann, 1942

= ; [NACL, #7760]

Rothschildia cinctus, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Rothschildia cincta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Rothschildia cincta, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Rothschildia cincta, Saturniidae of North America [Bill Oehlke]
Rothschildia cincta ; [NACL, #7760]
Rothschildia cinctus ; (Nomina Nearctica)

Misidentified/misapplied:

jorulla Westwood, 1853; auth.

Larva on Jatropha [SMNA]

R. c. cincta

Mexico, ...? Rothschildia cincta cincta ; [MABL]

R. c. guerreronis Draudt, 1929

Mexico, ...? Rothschildia guerreronis Draudt, 1929

= cincta (Tepper, 1883); [NACL, #7760]

Rothschildia cincta guerreronis ; [MABL]

Rothschildia arethusa (Walker, 1855)

Colombia, Brazil. See [About maps] Attacus arethusa Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1204
Attacus arethusa ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 191

R. a. rhodina Jordan, 1911

Ecuador

Rothschildia aricia (Walker, 1855)

Ecuador. See [About maps]

R. a. xanthina Rothschild, 1907

Ecuador, SE.Peru Rothschildia aricia xanthina Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 415, TL: Carabaya, SE.Peru, S.Domingo, 6000ft

Rothschildia erycina (Shaw, [1796])

Ecuador, Amazons, .... See [About maps] Bombyx splendens Palisot de Beauvois, 1805; Ins. Afr. Amer.: 133

1700x1275 (~348Kb) Brazil: Amazonas, Rio Negro, near (10 km) Manaus, 14.8.2008, Photo © Mario C. Raviglione

R. e. mexicana Draudt, 1929

Mexico, ...? Rothschildia erycina mexicana ; [MABL]

R. e. nigrescens Rothschild, 1907

Costa Rica Rothschildia erycina nigrescens Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 416, TL: Tuis, Costa Rica

R. e. vinacea Rothschild, 1907

Peru Rothschildia erycina vinacea Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 416, TL: Carabaya, SE.Peru

R. e. luciana Rothschild, 1907

Rothschildia erycina luciana Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 417, TL: Sta. Lucia

Rothschildia hesperus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ecuador. See [About maps] Phalaena hesperus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 809
Attacus hesperus ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 189

Rothschildia jacobaeae (Walker, 1855)

Attacus jacobaeae Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1211, TL: Brazil

1200x852 (~139Kb) (Commercially cultivated, Argentina) ex.o., Photo 20.8.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen

800x952 (~69Kb) larva (Commercially cultivated, Argentina) ex.o., Photo 14.7.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen

Rothschildia jorulla (Westwood, 1853)

-. See [About maps] Saturnia jorulla Westwood, 1853; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1853) 21 : 159, pl. 32, f. 1
Attacus jorulla ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 190

R. j. jorulla

Mexico, ...? Rothschildia jorulla jorulla ; [MABL]

Rothschildia jorulloides (Dognin, 1895)

Ecuador. See [About maps] jorulloides (Dognin, 1895); Le Nat.: 142

Rothschildia orizaba (Westwood, 1853)

-. See [About maps] Attacus orizaba Westwood, 1853; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1853) 21 : 158, pl. 32, f. 2
Rothschildia ochracea Draudt, 1929; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 718

= ; [NACL, #7762]

Rothschildia prionidia Draudt, 1929; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 718, pl. 134, row a

= ; [NACL, #7762]

Rothschildia paradoxa Hoffmann, 1942; An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Auton. Méx. 13: 172

= ; [NACL, #7762]

Rothschildia orizaba, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Attacus orizaba ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 189
Rothschildia orizaba ; [NACL, #7762]

R. o. orizaba

Mexico - Panama Rothschildia orizaba orizaba ; [MABL]

R. o. peruviana Rothschild, 1907

Ecuador, Peru Rothschildia orizaba peruviana Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 413, TL: Carabaya, SE.Peru, La Oroya, Rio Inambari, 3100ft; Tinguri, 3400ft

R. o. equatorialis Rothschild, 1907

Ecuador Rothschildia orizaba equatorialis Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 413, TL: W.Ecuador

R. o. cauca Rothschild, 1907

Colombia Rothschildia orizaba cauca Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 414, TL: Cauca valley, Colombia

R. o. bogotana Rothschild, 1907

Rothschildia orizaba bogotana Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 414, TL: Santa Fé de Bogota

R. o. meridana Rothschild, 1907

Venezuela Rothschildia orizaba meridana Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 414, TL: Merida, Venezuela

R. o. triloba Rothschild, 1907

Costa Rica Rothschildia orizaba triloba Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 415, TL: Tuis; Carreblanco, Costa Rica

Rothschildia roxana Schaus, 1905

Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Rothschildia roxana ; [MABL]

Rothschildia aurota (Cramer, [1775])

-. See [About maps] Phalaena aurota Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 11, pl. 8, f. A

R. a. andensis Rothschild, 1907

SE.Peru Rothschildia aurota andensis Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 415, TL: SE.Peru, La Oroya, Rio Inambar, 3100ft; Tingure, 3400ft

Rothschildia chiris Rothschild, 1907

Peru. See [About maps] Rothschildia chiris Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 413, TL: S.Domingo, Carabaya, SE.Peru, 6000ft

Rothschildia speculifer (Walker, 1855)

Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Brazil. See [About maps] Attacus speculifer Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1206
Attacus speculifera[sic, recte speculifer] ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 190

Rothschildia prionia Rothschild, 1907

NE.Brazil. See [About maps] Rothschildia prionia Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 415, TL: Maceo, NE.Brazil

Rothschildia condor Staudinger, 1894

Bolivia, Peru, .... See [About maps] Rothschildia condor Staudinger, 1894; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1) : 84
Rothschildia stuarti Rothschild & Jordan, 1901; Novit. Zool. 8 (4) : 404, pl. 9, f. 3, TL: La Paz, Bolivia

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[Bill Oehlke]

Saturniidae; e-mail: Bill Oehlke; http://www3.pei.sympatico.ca/oehlkew

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MABL]

Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[Mario C. Raviglione]

Dr Mario C. Raviglione; France / Italy; Director ; Stop TB Department (STB) ; HIV/AIDS, TB & Malaria Cluster (HTM) ; World Health Organization ; Avenue Appia, 20 ; CH-1211 Geneva 27 ; Switzerland ; e-mail: Mario C. Raviglione

[NACL]

Hodges, 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

[SMNA]

Tuskes, Paul M., Tuttle, James P., Collins, Michael M.; The wild silk moths of North America

Some related literature:

Cramer, [1775]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)

Godman & Salvin, 1886

Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101

Grote, 1896

The hypenoid moths and allied groups Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 34: 416-436 (1895?)

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Rothschild, 1907

New American Saturniidae and Ceratocampidae Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 413-432

Rothschild & Jordan, 1901

On some Lepidoptera Novit. Zool. 8 (4) : 401-407, pl. 9-10

Staudinger, 1894

Hochlandine Lepidoptera Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1) : 43-100, pl. 1-2

Tepper, 1882

Description of new Moths Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 5 : 65-67

Walker, 1855

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 583-775 (1855), 4: 777-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

Westwood, 1853

Descriptions of some New Species of Exotic Moths, belonging or allied to the Genus Saturnia Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1853) 21 : 157-167, pl. 32-33

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