Coscinocera

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Coscinocera
Mounted male Coscinocera hercules
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Saturniinae
Genus: Coscinocera
Butler, 1879
Species

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Coscinocera is a genus of large moths from the Saturniidae family, that are found in Australasia.

The genus contains Coscinocera hercules, the largest moth in Australia.

Species

  • Coscinocera anteus Bouvier, 1927
  • Coscinocera hercules (Miskin, 1876)
  • Coscinocera omphale Butler, 1879
  • Coscinocera rothschildi Le Moult, 1933

References


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