Rothschildia

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: Saturniinae
Tribus: Attacini
Genus: Rothschildia
Species: R. alexapricae – R. altomartensis – R. amoena – R. anikae – R. arethusa – R. arianae – R. aricia – R. aroma – R. aurota – R. belus – R. chiris – R. chrisbrechlinae – R. cincta – R. condor – R. erycina – R. fabiani – R. hesperus – R. hopfferi – R. inca – R. inccundnamarca – R. interaricia – R. jacobaeae – R. jorulla – R. jorulloides – R. lebeau – R. lebecuatoriana – R. lebtolimaiana – R. lutea – R. maurus – R. orizaba – R. paucidentata – R. peggyae – R. peruviana – R. prionia – R. renatae – R. roxana – R. sandimasiana – R. santamartensis – R. schreiteriana – R. silkae – R. sinjaevorum – R. speculifer – R. tatama – R. triloba – R. tucumani – R. vanschaycki – R. winbrechlini – R. xanthina – R. yanabambana – R. zacateca
Name

Rothschildia Grote, 1896

Type species: Attacua jacobaeae Walker, 1855
References

Brechlin, R. 2021a. Fünf neue Arten der Gattung Rothschildia Grote, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 14(1): 8-15. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2010o: Four new taxa of the genus Rothschildia 1896 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3(3): 75–82. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2012. Rothschildia chrisbrechlinae n. sp., a new Saturniid from Peru (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 5(1): 5–7. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2012i. New taxa in the genus Rothschildia Grote, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5(3): 13–37. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2013a. Sechs neue Taxa der Gattung Rothschildia Grote, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 6(1): 14–22. Reference page.
Lemaire, C., 1971: Description d’Attacidae (= Saturniidae) nouveaux d’Amerique centrale et du Sud (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 114: 141–162.
Lemaire, C., 1972: Description d’Attacidae (= Saturniidae) nouveaux du Venezuela et du Pérou [Lep.]. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 77: 29–41.
Schaus, W. 1905. Descriptions of new South American moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1420): 179-345. full article BHL. Reference page.

Rothschildia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1896.[1]

Species are found in North America and South America from the United States to Argentina.
Species

Rothschildia amoena Jordan, 1911
Rothschildia anikae Brechlin & Meister, 2010
Rothschildia arethusa (Walker, 1855)
Rothschildia aricia (Walker, 1855)
Rothschildia aurota (Cramer, 1775)
Rothschildia belus (Maassen, 1873)
Rothschildia chiris W. Rothschild, 1907
Rothschildia cincta (Tepper, 1883)
Rothschildia condor (Staudinger, 1894)
Rothschildia erycina (Shaw, 1796)
Rothschildia forbesi Benjamin, 1934
Rothschildia hesperus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rothschildia hopfferi (C. & R. Felder, 1859)
Rothschildia interaricia Brechlin & Meister, 2010
Rothschildia jacobaeae (Walker, 1855)
Rothschildia jorulla (Westwood, 1854)
Rothschildia jorulloides (Dognin, 1895)
Rothschildia lebeau (Guerin-Meneville, 1868)
Rothschildia maurus (Burmeister, 1879)
Rothschildia orizaba (Westwood, 1854)
Rothschildia paucidentata Lemaire, 1971
Rothschildia prionia W. Rothschild, 1907
Rothschildia renatae Lampe, 1985
Rothschildia roxana Schaus, 1905
Rothschildia schreiteriana Breyer & Orfila, 1945
Rothschildia triloba W. Rothschild, 1907
Rothschildia tucumani (Dognin, 1901)
Rothschildia xanthina Rothschild, 1907
Rothschildia zacateca (Westwood, 1854)