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Copaxa sapatoza

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Species of moth

Copaxa sapatoza
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Copaxa
Species: C. sapatoza
Binomial name
Copaxa sapatoza
(Westwood, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Saturnia sapatoza Westwood, 1854
  • Sagana sapatoza (Westwood, 1854)

Copaxa sapatoza is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae first described by John O. Westwood in 1854 as Saturnia sapatoza. It is found in the north-east of the Andean Cordillera in Colombia at high elevations.

The larvae feed on Alnus rhombifolia and Persea americana.

References

  1. Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.
  2. ^ Wolfe, Kirby L. (2005). "Revision of the Copaxa semioculata and Copaxa medea groups, with corrigenda of Wolfe et al. (2003a), descriptions of three new species, and notes on their early stages (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)" (PDF). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo (in German).
  3. "Copaxa sapatoza". Silkmoths.
Taxon identifiers
Copaxa sapatoza


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