Heliconisa pagenstecheri Geyer is a animal in the Saturniidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Heliconisa pagenstecheri Geyer

Heliconisa pagenstecheri Geyer

Heliconisa is a monotypic moth genus in Saturniidae, with only one species: Heliconisa pagenstecheri.

Family
Genus
Heliconisa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Heliconisa pagenstecheri Geyer

Heliconisa is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. Francis Walker erected this genus in 1855, and it is monotypic, meaning it contains only one species. That single species is Heliconisa pagenstecheri, which was first described by Carl Geyer in 1835.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Saturniidae Heliconisa

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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