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Updated as per T. Bouyer's Catalogue, 1999, March 29, 2006 Updated as per Darge's Saturniidae I, March 29, 2006 |
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 |
"Moon River" |
The male forewing is only moderately falcate and the apex is rounded. Ground colour is brown with some lighter fawn brown (orangey) areas. There is a small, single, circular "window" in the cell area of each wing, sometimes accompanied by even smaller points on the hindwing. These areas are usually bordered by orange regions.
Note the scattered violet-blue scaling on all wings.
Orthogonioptilum ianthinum larval hosts are unknown.
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The species name 'ianthinum' means violet-blue and may refer to the
grey (violet-blue) shading inside the am line and outside the pm line