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Coscinocera

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Coscinocera
Mounted male Coscinocera hercules
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Saturniidae
Subfamily:
Saturniinae
Genus:
Coscinocera

Butler, 1879
Species

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Coscinocera is a genus of large moths from the Saturniidae family, that are found in Australasia.

The genus contains Coscinocera hercules, the largest moth in Australia, and the insect with the largest wing surface area.[1][2]

Species

References

  1. ^ Robert G. Foottit & Peter H. Adler. 2009. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-405-15142-9
  2. ^ Rainier Flindt. 2006. Amazing Numbers in Biology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. ISBN 3-540-30146-1
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