Copaxa sapatoza

Copaxa sapatoza
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Copaxa
Species:	C. sapatoza
Binomial name
	Copaxa sapatoza; (Westwood, [1854])[1]
Synonyms
	Saturnia sapatoza Westwood, [1854];

Copaxa sapatoza is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae first described by John O. Westwood in 1854. It is found in the north-east of the Andean Cordillera in Colombia at high elevations.[2]

The larvae feed on Alnus rhombifolia and Persea americana.[3]

References

Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.
"Copaxa sapatoza". Silkmoths.
Wolfe, Kirby L. (2005). "Revision of the Copaxa semioculata and Copaxa medea groups, with corrigenda of Wolfe et al. (2003a), descriptions of three new species, and notes on their early stages (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)" (PDF). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo (in German).

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[1] Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.

[2] "Copaxa sapatoza". Silkmoths.

[3] Wolfe, Kirby L. (2005). "Revision of the Copaxa semioculata and Copaxa medea groups, with corrigenda of Wolfe et al. (2003a), descriptions of three new species, and notes on their early stages (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)" (PDF). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo (in German).