Titaea tamerlan is a moth of the family Saturniidae found in Central and South America.

Titaea tamerlan
Titaea tamerlan amazonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Titaea
Species:
T. tamerlan
Binomial name
Titaea tamerlan
(Maassen, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Dysdaemonia tamerlan Maassen, 1869
  • Dysdaemonia nobilis Schaus, 1912
  • Dysdaemonia tamerlan var. andicola Bouvier, 1927
  • Dysdaemonia tamerlan f. columbiana Draudt, 1930
  • Dysdaemonia avangareza Schaus, 1932
  • Dysdaemonia guayaquila Schaus, 1932

In Costa Rica, adults are on wing from June to July and again in fall.

The larvae feed on Bombax species, Bombacopsis quinatum and Tilia platyphyllos, and possibly kopak trees.[1]

Subspecies

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  • Titaea tamerlan tamerlan (Brazil)
  • Titaea tamerlan amazonensis Lemaire, 1980 (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil)
  • Titaea tamerlan guayaquila (Schaus, 1932) (Ecuador, Peru)
  • Titaea tamerlan nobilis (Schaus, 1912) (Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)

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