Therinia lactucina

Therinia lactucina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Therinia
Species:
T. lactucina
Binomial name
Therinia lactucina
Cramer, 1780

Therinia lactucina is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae and the genus Therinia. It was first discovered by Pieter Cramer in 1780.[1]

Two female specimens exist in the Natural History Museum, London. They were reportedly collected by Spencer Moore, in Paraguay, however this is false, and they were collected during the Percy Sladen Mato Grosso Expedition (1891-1892), in Brazil.[2]

A subspecies of the moth, T. lactucina lactandensis, was described by Brechlin and Meister in 2014.

References

  1. ^ "Therinia lactucina". NCBI. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  2. ^ Smith, P.; Ríos, S. D.; Petko, O. N.; Kitching, I. J. (30 December 2016). "Oxyteninae Jordan, 1924: primeros registros confirmados del Paraguay (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología (in Spanish). 44 (176): 553–556. doi:10.57065/shilap.720. Retrieved 2 February 2025.