Citheronia kaechi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Ceratocampinae
Genus: Citheronia
Species: Citheronia kaechi

Name

Citheronia kaechi Brechlin in Brechlin et al., 2019: 43

Type locality: Ecuador(S), Zamora Chinchipe [prov.], 5 km NW Zamora to La Chorrera, 1270 m, 04°01.50'S, 78°57.28'W.

Holotype: ZSM. male ♂. 03.III.2011. legit Horst Käch & Ronald Brechlin. BC-RBP 5843.

References

Primary references

• Brechlin, Meister, F., Käch, H. & van Schayck, E. 2019a. Twenty-one new species of the genus Citheronia HUEBNER, (1819) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 12(2): 41-74. Reference page.