Rothschildia aurota speculifera
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(Walker, 1855) (Attacus speculifer)

Rothschildia aurota speculifera male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
January 26, 2010, courtesy of Larry Valentine, id by Bill Oehlke.

TAXONOMY: Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Tribe: Attacini, Blanchard, 1840 Genus: Rothschildia, Grote, 1896

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Rothschildia speculfera speculifera male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
October 31, 2012, courtesy of Larry Valentine, id by Bill Oehlke.

Rothschildia speculifera speculifera male, Itanhandu, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
October 31, 2012, courtesy of Larry Valentine, id by Bill Oehlke.

Rothschildia comparison of the two moths directly above.