Citheronia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: C. andina – C. anikae – C. aroa – C. arteagana – C. azteca – C. bellavista – C. caucensis – C. chrisbrechlinae – C. guayaquila – C. hambahiana – C. hamifera – C. kaechi – C. laguajira – C. laocandensis – C. laocoon – C. lichyi – C. lindana – C. lobesis – C. maureillei – C. phoamambayana – C. phoandensis – C. phoaustralis – C. phobahiana – C. phocarabobensis – C. phocaterina – C. phochocoensis – C. phomaranhensis – C. phoronea – C. pseudomexicana – C. reyana – C. splendens – C. vanschaycki – C. vogleri – C. volcan – C. winbrechlini – C. witti – C. yucatana
Name

Citheronia Hübner, 1819

Type species: Bombyx regalis Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms

Ceracampa Blanchard, 1840
Ceratocampa Harris, 1833
Cithaeronia Agassiz, 1847
Dorycampa Duncan, 1841

Citheronia volcan
Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama

References

Brechlin, R. & F. Meister, 2012: A New species of the genus Citheronia Hübner, 1819 from Guatemala. (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5 (3): 38–40.
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.
Lemaire, C. 1971. Descriptions d'Attacidae (Saturniidae) nouveaux d'Amerique Centrale et du Sud (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie 114: 141-162. full article BHL (PDF). Reference page.
Lemaire, C. 1972b. Attacidae nouveaux du Mexique et de l’Amerique du Sud [Lep.]. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 77(7-8): 228–237. Online. Reference page.
Lemaire, C., 1982a: Vingt-huit Saturniidae néotropicaux inédits. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 18(1): 55–88. Reference page.
Wolfe, K.L. & Herbin, D. 2002. A new Citheronia from Bolivia and its immature stages (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Ceratocampinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 22(1–2): 49–52. Reference page.

Citheronia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.[1]
Species

Citheronia andina Lemaire, 1971—Ecuador
Citheronia aroa Schuas, 1896—Ecuador
Citheronia azteca Schaus, 1896—Mexico and Guatemala
Citheronia beledonon Dyar, 1912—Mexico
Citheronia bellavista Draudt, 1930—Ecuador
Citheronia brissotii (Boisduval, 1868)
Citheronia equatorialis Bouvier, 1927—Ecuador
Citheronia hamifera Rothschild, 1907—Ecuador
Citheronia johnsoni Schaus, 1928
Citheronia laocoon (Cramer, 1777)
Citheronia lichyi Lemaire, 1971
Citheronia lobesis Rothschild, 1907—Mexico
Citheronia maureillei Wolfe & Herbin, 2002
Citheronia mexicana Grote & Robinson, 1867—Mexico
Citheronia phoronea (Cramer, 1779)
Citheronia pseudomexicana Lemaire, 1974—Mexico
Citheronia regalis (Fabricius, 1793)—United States
Citheronia sepulcralis Grote & Robinson, 1865—U.S.
Citheronia splendens (Druce, 1886)—U.S., Mexico
Citheronia vogleri (Weyenbergh, 1881)
Citheronia volcan Lemaire, 1982

References

Cotinis (December 12, 2016). "Genus: Citheronia". BugGuide. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

External links
Savela, Markku. "Citheronia Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 8, 2018.