Citheronia laocoon
Citheronia laocoon
sih-ther-OH-nee-uh
mm
lay-OCK-oh-on
(Cramer, 1770)
Phalaena Attacus
Citheronia laocoon
fourth instar, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
April 26, 2009, courtesy of
Larry Valentine
.
Citheronia laocoon
fifth instar, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
May 3, 2009, courtesy of
Larry Valentine
.
Citheronia laocoon
fifth instar larva, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
May 3, 2009, courtesy of
Larry Valentine
, id by Bill Oehlke.
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TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris, 1841
was Citheroniinae: Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
Genus:
Citheronia
, Hübner, 1819
Species:
laocoon
, (Cramer, 1770)
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