Caligula boisduvali

Species of moth

Caligula boisduvali

Female
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Saturniidae
Subfamily:  | Saturniinae
Tribe:  | Saturniini
Genus:  | Caligula
Species:  |

C. boisduvali

Binomial name
Caligula boisduvali

(Eversmann, 1846)

Synonyms

* Saturnia boisduvali
* Caligula boisduvalii

Caligula boisduvali is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It was described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1846. It is found in the Russian Far East and Japan.

Male

The length of the forewings is 37–50 millimetres (1.5–2.0 in). Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on the leaves of various plants, including Salix, Hippophae, Betula and Filipendula ulmaria.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Volodymyr Izerskyy (1999). Brachmaeidae lepidopterous insects of Siberia and the Far East. Kiev: Gnozis. ISBN 966-7569-07-1.

## External links[edit]

* Species info

Taxon identifiers

Caligula boisduvalii|

* Wikidata: Q4341422
* GBIF: 5124478
* IRMNG: 10334158
* Open Tree of Life: 735482

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