Biology:Titaea tamerlan

Short description: Species of moth

Titaea tamerlan
Titaea tamerlan amazonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Titaea
Species:	T. tamerlan
Binomial name
Titaea tamerlan (Maassen, 1869)
Synonyms
Dysdaemonia tamerlan Maassen, 1869 Dysdaemonia nobilis Schaus, 1912 Dysdaemonia tamerlan var. andicola Bouvier, 1927 Dysdaemonia tamerlan f. columbiana Draudt, 1930 Dysdaemonia avangareza Schaus, 1932 Dysdaemonia guayaquila Schaus, 1932

Titaea tamerlan is a moth of the family Saturniidae found in Central and South America.

In Costa Rica, adults are on wing from June to July and again in fall.

The larvae feed on Bombax species, Bombacopsis quinatum and Tilia platyphyllos, and possibly kopak trees.

Subspecies

• Titaea tamerlan tamerlan (Brazil)
• Titaea tamerlan amazonensis Lemaire, 1980 (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil)
• Titaea tamerlan guayaquila (Schaus, 1932) (Ecuador, Peru)
• Titaea tamerlan nobilis (Schaus, 1912) (Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2551744 entry