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
Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren
Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren (8 June 1823 – 25 October 1894) was a Swedish clergyman and entomologist.
Biography
He was born in Lund, Sweden.
Wallengren became a student at Lund University from 1842, was ordained a priest in 1847 and was ap ...
in 1863.
Species
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Usta alba
''Usta alba'' is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Tanzania.
Taxonomy
''Usta alba'' is treated as a subspecies or synonym of '' Usta terpsichore'' by some sources.
References
Endemic fauna of Tanzania
Moths descr ...
'' Terral & Lequeux, 1991
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Usta angulata
''Usta angulata'', the angled emperor, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia and Botswana.
References
Moths described in 1895
Usta (moth), angulata
Moths of Africa
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'' Rothschild, 1895
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Usta biplaga
''Usta biplaga'' is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in south-western Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million squa ...
'' Rebel, 1912
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Usta grantae
''Usta grantae'' is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the ...
'' Terral & Lequeux, 1991
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Usta subangulata
''Usta subangulata'' is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Tanzania, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, Ethiopia, Uganda and Zambia.
Taxonomy
''Usta subangulata'' is treated as a subspecies ...
'' Bouvier, 1930
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Usta terpsichore
''Usta terpsichore'', the cavorting emperor, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The larvae feed on '' Commiphor ...
'' (Maassen & Weyding, 1885)
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Usta wallengrenii
''Usta wallengrenii'' is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia and South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in A ...