''Calosaturnia'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Saturniidae
Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor m ...
first described by Smith in 1886.
The genus is sometimes included in ''
Saturnia
Saturnia () is a spa town in Tuscany in north-central Italy that has been inhabited since ancient times. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Manciano, in the province of Grosseto. Famous for the spa which gives it its name, its population ...
''.
Species
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Calosaturnia albofasciata''
J.W. Johnson, 1938
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Calosaturnia mendocino''
(Behrens, 1876)
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Calosaturnia walterorum''
Hogue & J.W. Johnson, 1958
References
Saturniinae
Bombycoidea genera
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