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Sri Lankan Tussar Silk Moth
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Sri Lankan Tussar Silk Moth

Antheraea cingalesa

Antheraea cingalesa, the Sri Lankan tussar silk moth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by Moore in 1883. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 357316.