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Leucanella viridescens viridior (Lemaire,1973)

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Field Notes

Description:

Superfamília - Bombycoidea
Família - Saturniidae
Subfamília - Hemileucinae
Subespécie - Leucanella viridescens viridior (Lemaire,1973)

Tamanho Adulto (Larva) - 68-87mm.

Habitat:

Planta Hospedeira - Ligustro - (Ligustrum lucidum ait)

Região: América do Sul (Argentina, Uruguai e Brasil)

Species ID Suggestions

Saturniidae

Comments (1)

This is a silk moth caterpillar (Saturniidae) probably one of the Automeris moths.
Photographed
PublishedMarch 12, 2012

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