Arsenura sylla
Arsenura sylla is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found from Venezuela south to Mato Grosso, Brazil and then west to Bolivia.
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It is a large species. Males have a semblance of a tail and the female has an almost rounded rear wing.
One of its close relatives is the Arsenura armida moth, which is also found in Venezuela.
Subspecies
- Arsenura sylla sylla
- Arsenura sylla niepelti (western Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador)
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External links
- Distributional Notes of Arsenurinae Including the First Record of Arsenura sylla niepelti in Ecuador
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