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

Buck Moth Caterpillar - 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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