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Lonomia obliqua Walker, 1855

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Walker (1855) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Saturniidae
genus
Lonomia
species
Lonomia obliqua

Name

Synonyms
Lonomia albigutta Walker, 1855
Lonomia bigutta Lemaire
Lonomia carnica Schaus, 1892
Lonomia ladon Lemaire
Lonomia major Lemaire
Lonomia northis Lemaire
Lonomia vulpina Draudt, 1929
Homonyms
Lonomia obliqua Walker, 1855
Common names
Giant Silkworm Moth in English
Taturana oblíqua in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1105 Designation of a type-species for Lonomia Walker, 1855 (Insecta, Lepidoptera).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 34, 234-236 (1978)
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