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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 » Hemileuca » New England Buck Moth - Hodges#7732 (Hemileuca lucina)

Species Hemileuca lucina - New England Buck Moth - Hodges#7732

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Caterpillar - Hemileuca lucina Buck Moth Caterpillar - Hemileuca lucina New England Buck Moth - Hemileuca lucina - male New England Buck Moth - Hemileuca lucina - male New England Buck Moth - Hemileuca lucina - male New England Buck Moth - Hemileuca lucina
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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 lucina (New England Buck Moth - Hodges#7732)
Hodges Number
7732
Range
Very local in boggy or wet meadows in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.(1)
Season
Adults emerge in September(1)
Food
Caterpillars: Broadleaf spiraea and oaks(1)
Remarks
Adults of this species always emerge earlier than Buck Moth (H. maia).

Caterpillars have stinging hairs and can deliver a painful sting if handled.
See Also
H. maia and other Buck Moths.
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
By Charles V. Covell, Jr.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 September, 2005 - 6:44pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Abigail Parker
Last updated 9 October, 2009 - 9:36am

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