''Microdulia'' is a genus of

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s in the family Saturniidae first described by Karl Jordan in 1924. It contains only one species, ''Microdulia mirabilis'', described by Rothschild in 1895, which is found between 35° and 47°S in

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and Neuquén in

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. The

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is 18–19 mm for males and 20–23 mm for females. The larvae defoliate '' Nothofagus obliqua''.Taxonomía y antecedentes biológicos de ''Microdulia mirabilis'' (Rothschild 1895) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
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References

Cercophaninae {{Saturniidae-stub