Tropical American Silkworm Moth

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iTropical American Silkworm Moth

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: Oxytenidae
Genus: Oxytenis
Species: O. modestia
(K. Jordan, 1924)
Binomial name
Oxytenis modestia

Distribution: Guatemala to northern South America.

Methods Of Identification: adult illustrated in black and white by Scoble (1992) p. 356, fig. 300 and by Jordan (1924) pl. 7, fig. 8.