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Genus Coloradia

Classification · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References
Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - female Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - male Lusk's Pine Moth - Coloradia luski Lusk's Pine Moth - side - Coloradia luski Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - male Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - male Moth-Bee-Caterpillar - Coloradia pandora Moth with Yellow Antenae - Coloradia
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea
Family Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)
Subfamily Hemileucinae (Buck and Io Moths)
Tribe Hemileucini
Genus Coloradia
Numbers
4 species in North America listed at All-Leps
Size
wingspan 50-98 mm, based on several Internet photos; male considerably smaller than female, and wingspan varies according to species
Range
western United States
Habitat
pine forests; adults are nocturnal and come to light
Season
adults fly from April to September (varies by species)
Food
larvae feed on leaves of pine (Pinus spp.)
adults do not feed
Internet References
pinned adult images of 3 species plus photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)
links to adult images of 3 species (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
links to species accounts of 4 species (butterfliesandmoths.org)
pinned adult image and species account of C. pandora (Jeff Miller, Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands, USGS)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 July, 2007 - 5:25pm

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