Saturnia mendocino

Saturnia mendocino
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Tribe:	Saturniini
Genus:	Saturnia
Species:	S. mendocino
Binomial name
Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876

Saturnia mendocino, the Mendocino saturnia moth, is a species of silkmoth in the family Saturniidae.[1][2][3][4] It was first described by Behrens in 1876 and it is found in North America.[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Saturnia mendocino is 7751.[5]

References

1. Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Mendocino saturnia moth Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
2. "Saturnia mendocino Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
3. "Saturnia mendocino". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
4. "Saturnia mendocino Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
5. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Saturnia mendocino". Retrieved 2018-04-24.

Further reading

• Behrens, James (1876). "Description of a new saturian". The Canadian Entomologist. 8 (8): 149. doi:10.4039/Ent8149-8.
• Tuskes, Paul M.; Tuttle, James P.; Collins, Michael M. (1996). The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3130-2.
• Kitching, I.; Rougerie, R.; Zwick, A.; Hamilton, C.; et al. (2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal (6): e22236. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. PMC 5904559. PMID 29674935.
• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.