Subspecies Hemileuca eglanterina shastaensis

Classification

Hemileuca eglanterina shastaensis - Hemileuca eglanterina - 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 Hemileuca

Species eglanterina (Elegant Sheep Moth - Hodges#7744)

Subspecies shastaensis (Hemileuca eglanterina shastaensis)

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 19 July, 2008 - 8:10pm

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