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Field Notes

Description:

Very big ... about 16 cm from tip to tip in the front wings opened.

Habitat:

Amazon rainforest

Species ID Suggestions

No common English name

Rothschildia aurota

Atlas Moth

Attacus atlas

Comments (2)

Rothschildia aurota is often confused with the Asian Atlas moth. It is in the Saturnidae (Saturniid) family which include some of the largest moths on earth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturniidae

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