Urota sinope Westwood, 1849 is a animal in the Saturniidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Urota sinope Westwood, 1849

Urota sinope Westwood, 1849

Urota is a monotypic moth genus in Saturniidae, with its only species Urota sinope from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Family
Genus
Urota
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Urota sinope Westwood, 1849

Urota is a monotypic moth genus, meaning it contains only one species, in the family Saturniidae. It was erected by John O. Westwood in 1849. Its only species is Urota sinope, which was also described by John O. Westwood in 1849. This species was described based on specimens from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Saturniidae Urota

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

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