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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae) » Hemileucini » Hemileuca » Hemileuca electra - Hodges#7736 (Hemileuca electra)

Species Hemileuca electra - Hodges#7736

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)
Subfamily Hemileucinae (Buck and Io Moths)
Tribe Hemileucini
Genus Hemileuca
Species electra (Hemileuca electra - Hodges#7736)
Hodges Number
7736
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hemileuca electra W.G. Wright, 1884
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet electra from Greek mythology, the princess of Argos. Electra was the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. (1)
Size
Forewing length 2.3-3.1 cm (Powell & Opler, 2009).(2)
Larva to 4.5 cm (Comstock & Dammers, 1938).
Pupa 2.5 cm (Comstock & Dammers, 1938).
Range
Mojave and Colorado Deserts of California and a population in central Arizona's Sonoran Desert (Powell & Opler, 2009).(2)
Food
Flattop Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. poliofolium (Southwestmoths.org).
Life Cycle
See Comstock & Dammers.
Print References
Comstock, J.A. & C.M. Dammers 1938. Studies on the metamorphoses of six California moths. Southern California Acad. Sci. 37(3): 113-115, pl.36-38
Ferguson, D.C., 1971. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2a. E.W. Classey & R.D.B. Publications Inc., p.128; pl.7.16-21. (3)
Powell, J.A. 1986. Records of prolonged diapause in Lepidoptera. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 25(2): 101. (4)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 36, fig. 8; p. 238. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Southwestmoths.org
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
JCM Digital Imaging: Electra Buckmoth Emerging, Scenting, Mating, Ovipositing - wonderful YouTube video
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of natural history terms with their derivations, including the various orders, genera, and species.
David H. McNicoll. 1863. Lovell Reeve & Company.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.MONA - Saturniidae
D.C. Ferguson. 1971. E.W. Classey & R.D.B. Publications Inc.
4.Records of prolonged diapause in Lepidoptera
Jerry A Powell . 1986. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 25(2): 83-109.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by John F. Carr on 14 November, 2009 - 10:08am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 July, 2014 - 5:27pm

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