Thysania agrippina
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Thysania agrippina is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Maria Sibylla Merian in her 1705 publication Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, and Pieter Cramer provided the
Showing the iridescent underside, French Guiana
With wings folded back, in Brazil
With wings stretched out
With (Eumorpha satellitia) and (Eumorpha triangulum), in Nicaragua
Attacus atlas
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Attacus atlas, the Atlas moth, is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Thysania agrippina
…insect". This may be true by the measure of wingspan—a Brazilian specimen with a wingspan of almost 30 cm (12 in) appears to hold the record. The Atlas moth and Hercules moth, however, have greater wing areas. The white witch occurs from Uruguay to Mexico, and appears as a stray as far north as Texas in the…
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Male Atlas moth
Detail of a male atlas moth imago's head, showing the large, feather-like antennae
Atlas moth compared to human hand