Graellsia isabellae

Graellsia isabellae
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Tribe: Saturniini
Genus: Graellsia
Grote, 1896
Species:
G. isabellae
Binomial name
Graellsia isabellae
(Graells, 1849)
Distribution of G. isabellae in western Europe
Synonyms
  • Graellsia isabellae paradisea Marten, 1955
  • Graellsia isabellae roncalensis Gómez Bustillo & Fernández Rubio, 1974
  • Attacus isabellae
  • Saturnia isabellae Graëlls, 1849
  • Actias isabellae (Graëlls, 1849)

Graellsia isabellae, the Spanish moon moth, is in the silkmoth family Saturniidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Graellsia. The species was first described by Mariano de la Paz Graells y de la Agüera in 1849 and the genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1896.


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