Microdulia
Species of moth
Microdulia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Bombycoidea |
Family: | Saturniidae |
Subfamily: | Cercophaninae |
Genus: | Microdulia Jordan, 1924 |
Species: | M. mirabilis |
Binomial name | |
Microdulia mirabilis (Rothschild, 1895) | |
Synonyms | |
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Microdulia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Karl Jordan in 1924.[1] It contains only one species, Microdulia mirabilis, described by Rothschild in 1895, which is found between 35° and 47°S in Chile and Neuquén in Argentina.
The wingspan is 18–19 mm for males and 20–23 mm for females.
The larvae defoliate Nothofagus obliqua.[2]
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