''Rothschildia jorulla'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
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 ...
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
John O. Westwood in 1854. This species is found in
Mexico
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and Central America. Larvae feed on plants of a large number of families.
HOSTS
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Subspecies
*''Rothschildia jorulla jorulla''
*''Rothschildia jorulla lichtenba'' Dyar, 1912
References
Moths described in 1854
Jorulla
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