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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Bombycoidea » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae) » Hemileucini » Automeris » Zephyr Eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7749 (Automeris zephyria)

Species Automeris zephyria - Zephyr Eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7749

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Range · Food · Internet References
Unknown Spiny Caterpillar - Automeris zephyria Large Yellow and Black Caterpillar - Automeris zephyria Automeris zephyria Automeris zephyria An Eyespot Moth? - Automeris zephyria - male
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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 Automeris
Species zephyria (Zephyr Eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7749)
Hodges Number
7749
Size
Wingspan: 8 - 10.4 cm
Range
Central New Mexico mountains south into the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas.
Food
Larval food: Willows (Salix)
Adults do not feed
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - pinned photo.
Butterflies and Moths of North America - Maps, photos, and other information.
Contributed by Alan Chin-Lee on 3 October, 2007 - 12:07am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Maury Heiman
Last updated 7 June, 2009 - 4:55pm

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