''Rohaniella'' 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 ...
. The genus was erected by
Eugène Louis Bouvier
Eugène Louis Bouvier (9 April 1856 in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux – 14 January 1944 in Paris) was a French entomologist and carcinologist. Bouvier was a professor at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
Biography
Following graduation at t ...
in 1927.
Species
*''
Rohaniella guineensis''
Bouvier, 1927
*''
Rohaniella pygmaea''
(Maassen & Weymer, 1885)
References
External links
"Gattung: ''Rohaniella''" ''Saturniidae World''. (Note: This source gives the authority for ''Rohaniella pygmaea'' as "(Maassen & Weyding 1885)".
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Saturniinae
Taxa named by Eugène Louis Bouvier
Bombycoidea genera