Citheronia

Citheronia Hübner, [1819]

Citheronia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 153; TS: Bombyx regalis Fabricius
Eruca Edwards, 1771; in Catesby, Nat. hist. Carolina, Florida, Bahama Is. 2: 94 (ICZN suppr.?); TS: Eruca maximacornuta Edwards
Ceratocampa Harris, 1833; in Hitchcock, Rep. Geol. Min. Bot. Zool. Masschusets: 591; TS: Bombyx regalis Fabricius
Dorycampha Duncan [& Westwood], 1841; in Jardine, Naturalist's Libr. (Edn. 1) 33 (Ent. 7): 161; TS: Bombyx regalis Fabricius
Cithaeronia Agassiz, [1847]; Nom. zool. (Index univ.): 88 (emend.)

Ceratocampa; [NHM-BMW]
Cithaeronia; [NHM-BMW]
Citheronia; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Citheronia (Ceratocampinae); [MABL]
Citheronia (Citheroniinae); [NACL], 108
Eruca; [NHM-BMW]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Dryocampa Harris, 1833; Duncan, 1841

Citheronia andina Lemaier, 1971 Ecuador. See [maps]
- Citheronia andina; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia aroa Schuas, 1896 Ecuador. See [maps]
- Citheronia aroa; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- Citheronia mexicana aroa; [LepIndex]
Citheronia azteca Schaus, 1896 Mexico, Guatemala. See [maps]
- Citheronia azteca Schaus, 1896; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 4 (2): 59; TL: Jalapa, Mexico
- Citheronia azteca; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- C. a. azteca
  - Citheronia azteca azteca; [MABL]; [iNaturalist]
- C. a. albescens Lemaire, 1973 Mexico, ...?
  - Citheronia albescens; [iNaturalist]
  - Citheronia azteca albescens; [MABL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia beledonon Dyar, 1912 Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Citheronia beledonon; [MABL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia bellavista Draudt, 1930 Ecuador. See [maps]
- Citheronia bellavista bellavista; [iNaturalist]
- Citheronia bellavista cinerea; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- Citheronia bellavista; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM]
- Citheronia mexicana bellavista; [LepIndex]
Citheronia collaris Rothschild, 1907 Ecuador. See [maps]
- Citheronia collaris Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2): 422; TL: Paramba, W.Ecuador
- Citheronia collaris; [MABL]; [LepIndex]
Citheronia equatorialis Bouvier, 1927 Ecuador. See [maps]
- Citheronia equatorialis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia harmifera Rothschild, 1907 Ecuador. See [maps]
Citheronia lobesis Rothschild, 1907 -. See [maps]
- Citheronia laocoon lobesis Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2): 423; TL: Bebedero, Costa Rica
- Citheronia lobesis centraliamericana; [CoL] ; [GBCL]
- Citheronia lobesis; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- C. l. lobesis Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela
  - Citheronia marion Dyar, 1914; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050): 159; TL: Trinidad River, Panama
  - Citheronia lobesis lobesis; [iNaturalist]
- C. l. jordani Draudt, 1930 Mexico, ...?
  - Citheronia lobesis jordani; [MABL]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia mexicana Grote & Robinson, 1867 Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Citheronia mexicana Grote & Robinson, 1867; Ann. Lyc. nat. Hist. N.Y. 8: 382, pl. 13, f. 1; TL: Mexico
- Citheronia mexicana; [MABL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- Eacles mexicana; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 169, 3: pl. 15, f. 11
Citheronia consobrina Rothschild, 1907 Peru. See [maps]
- Citheronia consobrina Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2): 422; TL: La Union, Rio Huacamayo, SE.Peru, 2000ft
- Citheronia consobrina; [LepIndex]
Citheronia pseudomexicana Lemaire, 1974 Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Citheronia pseudomexicana; [MABL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia regalis (Fabricius, 1793) ENA. See [maps] Regal Moth Royal Walnut
- Bombyx regalis Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 436; TL: America Borealis
- Eruca maximacornuta Edwards, 1771; in Catesby, Nat. hist. Carolina, Florida, Bahama Is. 2: 94, pl. 94 (?suppr. ICZN)
- regia (Smith, 1797)
  - = ; [NACL], #7706
- Citheronia infernalis Strecker, 1883
  - = ; [NACL], #7706
- Citheronia saengeri Neumoegen, 1891
  - = ; [NACL], #7706
- Citheronia regalis infernalis; [LepIndex]
- Citheronia regalis saengeri; [LepIndex]
- Citheronia regalis; [NACL], #7706; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]
Larva on Carya , C. illinoensis, Juglans cinerea, J. nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Diospyros virginiana, Rhus , less Oxydendrum arboreum, less Fraxinus , less Platanus occidentalis, less Syringa vulgaris, less Gossypium [SMNA]
Citheronia sepulcralis Grote & Robinson, 1865 ENA. See [maps] Pine-devil Moth
- Citheronia sepulcralis Grote & Robinson, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 4: 222; TL: Andover, Massachusetts
- Citheronia sepulcralis; [NACL], #7708; Brou, 1997, South. Lep. News 19: 135-138; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]
Larva on Pinus rigida, P. strobus, Pinus caribaea [SMNA]
Citheronia splendens (Druce, 1886) -. See [maps]
- Eacles splendens Druce, 1886; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 169, 3: pl. 15, f. 12; TL: Mexico, Guanajuato
- Citheronia splendens; [NACL], #7707 (extralim.); [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA]
- C. s. splendens Mexico, ...?
  - Citheronia splendens splendens; [MABL]; [iNaturalist]
- C. s. sinaloensis Hoffmann, 1942 ENA, Mexico, ...?
  - Citheronia splendens sinaloensis Hoffmann, 1942; An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Auton. Méx. 13: 163-194; TL: Sierra Madre, Mexico
  - Citheronia splendens sinaloensis; [NACL], #7707a; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
  - Citheronia splendesn sinaloensis; [SMNA]; [MABL]
  Larva on Gossypium thurberi, Arctostaphylos pungens, less Rhus choriophylla, less R. trilobata [SMNA]
- C. s. queretana Vázquez, 1944 Mexico, ...?
  - Citheronia splendens queretana; [MABL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia hamifera Rothschild, 1907 -. See [maps]
- Citheronia hamifera Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2): 422; TL: Trinidad; British Guiana
- Citheronia hamifera bodoquena; [GBCL]
- Citheronia hamifera bodoquens; [CoL]
- Citheronia hamifera; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 21; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- C. h. hamifera Trinidad, British Guiana
- C. h. fuscalis Rothschild, 1907 Peru
  - Citheronia hamifera fuscalis Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2): 423; TL: La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Carabaya, SE.Peru, 2000ft
Citheronia vogleri (Weyenbergh, 1878) Argentina. See [maps]
- Ceratocampa vogleri Weyenbergh, 1878; Perio. Zool. Argent. 3: 369
- Ceratocampa vogleri Weyenberg, 1882; Papilio 2 (4): 62; TL: Cordova, Argentina
- Eacles leona Druce, 1890; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1890: 500; TL: Paraguay, Uruguay
  - = ; Schaus, 1892, Am. Lepid.: 21
- Citheronia vogleri; Schaus, 1892, Am. Lepid.: 21, pl. 3, f. 2 ♂; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Unmatched external taxa

Citheronia brasiliensis; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia brissoti; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Citheronia brissoti meridionalis; [CoL]
Citheronia brissotii meridionalis; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia brissotii; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia brissotii brissotii; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia brissotii; [GBCL]
Citheronia brissotii meridionalis; [GBCL]
Citheronia caucensis; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia chrisbrechlinae; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia claveryi; [LepIndex]
Citheronia guayaquila; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia johnsoni; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia kaechi; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia laguajira; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia laocandensis; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia laocoon; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM]
Citheronia lichyi; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia maureillei; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia mogya; [LepIndex]
Citheronia phoandensis; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia phochocoensis; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia phomaranhensis; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia phoronea; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia volcan; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Citheronia winbrechlini; [iNaturalist]
Citheronia witti; [iNaturalist]

Unknown or unplaced taxa

Citheronia aroa Schaus, 1896; J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 4 (2): 59; TL: Aroa, Venezuela

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References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MABL] Manuel A. Balcázar Lara
Palomillas de México
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Agassiz, [1847]
Nomenclatoris zoologici. Index Universalis Nom. zool. (Index univ.) : 1-393
Brou, 1997
Voltinism of Citheronia sepulcralis Grote & Robinson in Louisiana South. Lep. News 19: 25
Cock, 2017
A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies Insecta Mundi 585 : 1-58
Druce, 1890
Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Central and South America Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1890 : 493-520, pl. 42-43
Dyar, 1914
Report on the lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Canal Zone Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 47 (2050) : 139-350
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1886; Godman & Salvin, 1886
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Grote & Robinson, 1865
Description of a new species of Citheronia, and remarks on Anisota rubicunda Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 4 : 222-223
Grote & Robinson, 1867
Lepidopterological Contributions Ann. Lyc. nat. Hist. N.Y. 8 : 351-387
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
Rothschild, 1907
New American Saturniidae and Ceratocampidae Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 413-432
Schaus, 1892
American Lepidoptera: Illustrations of new and rare species Am. Lepid. : 1-24, pl. 1-3
Schaus, 1896
New species of Heterocera J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 4 (2) : 51-60
[SMNA]; Tuskes, Tuttle, & Collins, 1996
The wild silk moths of North America
Weyenberg, 1882
Nova species generis Ceratocampa Papilio 2 (4) : 62

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