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Saturniidae 890076 – 7760   Rothschildia cinctus (Tepper, 1883)

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Larva and Host Plants: Host familiy: Anacardiaceae Euphorbiaceae Fabaceae Oleaceae Rosaceae Rutaceae Salicaceae.  Host genera: Citrus Schinus Fraxinus Jatropha Ligustrum Prunus Salix Schinus Sebastiania[=Sapium] Stylosanthes Syringa.  Notes: Coursetia-ERROR (Weast 1989); Mimosa-ERROR (Tuskes at 1996), Citrus Schinus- captive reared (Tuskes at 1996), Quercus - captive reared (Stone 1991), Fraxinus Ligustrm Syringa Prunus Salix - captive re...  (Shropshire & Douglas 2025) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: cinctus (Tepper, 1883) (Attacus) - MONA 1983: 7760 cinctus (Tepper, 1883) (Attacus)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Ferguson, D. C., 1972. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2b: p. 221; pl. 17.2-3, 6-7, 9. order or free PDF Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at iNaturalist Tepper, F., 1883. Descriptions of new moths. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 5: 65.

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