''Rothschildia jacobaeae'' is a
moth
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of the family
Saturniidae first described by
Francis Walker in 1855. It is endemic to Argentina and
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
The
wingspan
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is 80–100 mm.
The larvae feed on plants of several families, including species of ''
Ilex paraguariensis'', ''
Jacaranda caroba
''Jacaranda caroba'', the Brazilian caroba-tree, is a medicinal plant native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America ...
'', ''
Jacaranda mimosifolia
''Jacaranda mimosifolia'' is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its attractive and long-lasting violet-colored flowers. It is also known as the jacaranda, blue jacaranda, ...
'', ''
Ligustrum
A privet is a flowering plant in the genus ''Ligustrum''. The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees, native to Europe, north Africa, Asia, many introduced and nat ...
'' spp., ''
Ligustrum ovalifolium'', ''
Cephalanthus glabratus
''Cephalanthus glabratus'' is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, that is native to South America. A common local name is sarandí colorado.
It was described by (Spreng.) K.Schum. and published in ''Flora Brasiliensis 6 ...
''.
HOSTS. National History Museum
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References
External links
''Mundo Butterfly''. Archived from th
February 26, 2012.
Jacobaeae
Endemic fauna of Argentina
Moths of South America
Moths described in 1855
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