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Here we have another wonderful genus of Saturniidae
also from South/Central America. This small genus of
larger-sized moths presently numbers 5 species. The last
one being described in 1948.

As seen below, they too have a shapely wing design. Males
like mine have a prominent tail present. Females are far
less often present in private collections.

This Titaea sp. has a wingspan of 6 inches and like many
moths in this size range --- finding suitably nice/clean
examples is no easy thing !



I have a friend who was in Ecuador for some 10 days and
over that time he collected 12 specimens (all males) and
only 1 in the whole lot was fresh and still in great shape.
The rest were in A2 condition or worse....

Another nice acquisition Trehopr1!.....and like you say, seldom seen in such nice condition. I will add the following pair (sold these years ago) to the thread - these are hands down the most beautiful specimens of Titaea I have ever personally owned or seen!

Titaea tamerlan guayaquila PAIR