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Definition of Saturniidae
1. Noun. Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Saturniid, Saturniid Moth, Genus Saturnia, Saturnia, Eacles, Genus Eacles, Giant Silkworm, Silkworm, Wild Wilkworm, Actias, Genus Actias, Genus Hyalophora, Hyalophora, Genus Samia, Samia, Automeris, Genus Automeris, Antheraea, Genus Antheraea, Atticus, Genus Atticus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saturniidae
Literary usage of Saturniidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"Although the Emperor moth is one of the largest of our native Lepidopterous
Insects, it is one of the smallest of the Saturniidae. ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"A, Generalized condition; B, specialized condition in the Saturniidae. 5, Spiracle;
the numbering of the tubercles is explained in the text. ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"[Saturniidae]. Rothschild and Jordan. 481. дуга. Rothschild and Jordan. 481. ...
[Saturniidae]. ..."
4. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"These agree with those of the Saturniidae in having two pairs of teeth to each
... These moths also differ from most Saturniidae in having two anal veins in ..."
5. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"Although the Emperor moth is one of the largest of our native Lepidopterous
Insects, it is one of the smallest of the Saturniidae. ..."
6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"A, Generalized condition; B, specialized condition in the Saturniidae. 5, Spiracle;
the numbering of the tubercles is explained in the text. ..."
7. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"[Saturniidae]. Rothschild and Jordan. 481. дуга. Rothschild and Jordan. 481. ...
[Saturniidae]. ..."
8. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"These agree with those of the Saturniidae in having two pairs of teeth to each
... These moths also differ from most Saturniidae in having two anal veins in ..."
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