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Urota
Urota is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae erected by John O. Westwood in 1849. Its single species, Urota sinope, was described by the same author in the same year. It was described from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
== References ==
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tailed Emperor
speciesUrota sinope
Urota melichari
speciesUrota melichari
Urota conjuncta
speciesUrota conjuncta
Urota manicaensis
speciesUrota manicaensis
Urota ulembwensis
speciesUrota ulembwensis
Urota nguruensis
speciesUrota nguruensis
Urota herbuloti
speciesUrota herbuloti
Urota koupensis
speciesUrota koupensis
Urota zambiensis
speciesUrota zambiensis
Urota centralis
speciesUrota centralis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 349820.