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Definition of Genus Saturnia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Saturnia

Literary usage of Genus Saturnia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"... as the original genus Saturnia was split by Hübner into two moieties with a new name for each, as to which shall retain the original generic title. ..."

2. Through Unknown African Countries: The First Expedition from Somaliland to by Arthur Donaldson Smith (1897)
"The reference of these two insects to the genus Saturnia is doubtful, but I do not take the time to erect a new genus for their reception, though that would ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"290), reviewed the whole of the known species of large African moths belonging or nearly allied to the genus Saturnia, and having also, in the "Cabinet of ..."

4. Proceedingsby Zoological Society of London by Zoological Society of London (1863)
"Pa e ft WESTWOOD, JO, FLS Monograph of the large African Species of Nocturnal Lepidoptera belonging or allied to the genus Saturnia 1849, 33 Observations on ..."

5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1849)
"The tribe comprises the single genus Saturnia of Schranck and Ochsenheimer (Attacus, Ger- mar), with the four European species Pyri, Spini, Carpini, ..."

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