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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: Saturniinae
Tribus: Saturniini
Genus: Opodiphthera
Species: O. astrophela – O. decellei – O. engaea – O. eucalypti – O. excavus – O. fervida – O. helena – O. jurriaansei – O. loranthi – O. rhythmica – O. saccopoea – O. tennenti
Name

Opodiphthera Wallengren, 1858

Type species: Opodiphthera varicolor Wallengren, 1858 by monotypy.
Synonyms

Austrocaligula Cockerell, 1914
Type species: Saturnia helena White, 1843. by original designation.

References

Lemaire, C. & W. Nässig 2002: Two new Opodiphthera species from Bougainville and Guadalcanal (Solomon archipelago) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Saturniinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F. 23 (3): 97–103. Full article: [1]
Paukstadt, U. & Paukstadt, L H., 2003: Erstnachweis von Opodiphthera (N.) sahulensis Paukstadt, Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 2003 comb. rev. für das Kai Archipel (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der wilden Seidenspinner (Wilhelmshaven), 1 (1): 40–43.
Paukstadt, U. ; Paukstadt, L.H. & Suhardjono, Y.R., 2003: Opodiphthera (N.) aruensis sp. nov. and O. (N.) sahulensis sp. nov., zwei neue Saturniiden vom Aru Archipel, Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Galathea - Berichte des Kreises Nürnberger Entomologen eV (Nürnberg), Supplement 14: 10–21.

Opodiphthera is a genus of moths from the family Saturniidae that are endemic to Australia.

Opodiphthera makes up the majority of Australia's saturniid moths. The genus contains the emperor gum moth (O. eucalypti), one of Australia's most renowned moths.
Species

Opodiphthera astrophela Walker, 1855
Opodiphthera carnea (Sonthonnax, 1899)
Opodiphthera engaea Turner, 1922
Opodiphthera eucalypti Scott, 1864
Opodiphthera excavus Lane, 1995
Opodiphthera fervida Jordan, 1910
Opodiphthera helena (White, 1843)
Opodiphthera jurriaansei Van Eecke, 1933
Opodiphthera loranthi Lucas, 1891
Opodiphthera rhythmica (Turner, 1936)
Opodiphthera saccopoea (Turner, 1924)
Opodiphthera sulphurea Lane & Naumann, 2003

References
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"Opodiphthera. Wallengren, 1858". Encyclopedia of Life.
"Opodiphthera Wallengren, 1858". funet.fi. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012.
"Saturniidae". CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

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