Calliteara fortunata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1891. It is found on the Canary Islands.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Calliteara fortunata being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Gynaephora fascelina
- Calliteara abietis
- Orgyia pseudotsugata
- Calliteara lunulata
- Orgyia anartoides
- Laelia lunensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Calliteara
- Species
- Calliteara fortunata
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