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Genus Hemileuca

Grote's Buckmoth - Hemileuca Unidentified Moth - Hemileuca eglanterina Hemileuca cf. eglantrina - Hemileuca Unknown Moth see in New Orleans - Hemileuca Peigler's Buckmoth - Hemileuca peigleri Torn-up moth - Hemileuca eglanterina Sheepmoth - Hemileuca eglanterina Black and RedMoth - Hemileuca juno
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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
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Walker, 1855.
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 23 species.
Print References
Covell, pp. 48-49, plate 9, illustrates three eastern species. (1)
Wagner, p. 21--caterpillars of H. maia and H. lucina (2)
Himmelman, p. 122, pp. 195-196, . (3)
Miller and Hammond, Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands, #232, p. 107. (4) Photo of H. eglanterina, discussion of others.
Powell and Hogue, pp. 229-230, figs. 292-293, illustrate and describe H. nevadensis, H. eglanterina. (5)
Internet References
Moth Photographer's Group
Moths of Canada--photos of specimens of several species.
Moths of North America--linked images
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
2.Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
By David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon, Michael L. McManus
3.Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard
By John Himmelman
4.Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands
By Jeffrey Miller, Paul Hammond
5.California Insects
By Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 5 August, 2005 - 9:08am

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