Genus Actias

Classification

blue eggs, moth caterpillar? - Actias luna

large,fat, dark pink/red caterpillar's rear end with yellow & red chevron - Actias luna

Green Caterpillar with red dots - Actias luna

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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 Saturniinae (Silkmoths)

Tribe Saturniini

Genus Actias

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm

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