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Rothschildia cincta adult moth
Containing group: Bombycoidea

References

Deml, R. and K. Dettner. 2002. Morphology and classification of larval scoli of Saturniinae and Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera : Saturniidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 40(2):82-91.

Friedlander, T. P., K. R. Horst, J. C. Regier, C. Mitter, R. S. Peigler, and Q. Q. Fang. 1998. Two nuclear genes yield concordant relationships within Attacini (Lepidoptera : Saturniidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9(1):131-140.

Lemaire, C. and J. Minet. 1999. The Bombycoidea and their relatives. Pages 321-353 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.

Michener, C. D. 1952. The Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) of the Western Hemisphere - morphology, phylogeny, and classification. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 98(5):341-501.

Minet, J. 1994. The Bombycoidea: phylogeny and higher classification (Lepidoptera: Glossata). Entomologica Scandinavica 25(1):63-88.

Regier, J. C., C. Mitter, R. S. Peigler, and T. P. Friedlander. 2002. Monophyly, composition, and relationships within Saturniinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): Evidence from two nuclear genes. Insect Systematics and Evolution 33(1):9-21.

Shimada, T., Y. Kurimoto, and M. Kobayasgu. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships of silkmoths inferred from sequence data of the arylphorin gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 4(3):223-234.

Tuskes, P. M., J. P. Tuttle, and M. M. Collins. 1996. The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press.

Zwick, A. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of Anthelidae and other bombycoid taxa (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea). Systematic Entomology, 33, 190 – 209.

Zwick, A., J.C. Regier, C. Mitter, and M. Cummings. 2010. Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology , DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x

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Rothschildia cincta adult moth
Scientific Name Rothschildia cincta
Location Ruby, Arizona, USA
Comments Reared from larva collected on Dodonaea viscosa.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By self
Life Cycle Stage Adult
View Dorsal
Size 92mm wingspan
Copyright © 2005
Scientific Name Actias luna
Location United States
Comments Luna moth on an azalea
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source #3225050
Source Collection Bugwood Network/Forestry Images
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service
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