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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Bombycoidea » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Royal Moths (Ceratocampinae)

Subfamily Ceratocampinae - Royal Moths

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Imperial Moth - Eacles imperialis - male Oakworm Moth - Anisota - female pink & yellow fuzzy moth - Dryocampa rubicunda Eacles imperialis - male Regal Moth? - Citheronia regalis Oakworm moth (Anisota sp.) - Anisota - female moth2 - Anisota virginiensis Rosy Maple Moth - Dryocampa rubicunda
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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 Ceratocampinae (Royal Moths)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly Citheroniinae
Numbers
22 species in 5 genera in North America listed at All-Leps
Internet References
links to adult images of 50 species in Mexico, including most North American species (Manuel Balcazar Lara, Moths of Mexico)
pinned adult image thumbnails of 8 species in Canada (CBIF)
classification of subfamily Ceratocampinae, and synonym (Markku Savela, FUNET)
Contributed by Cotinis on 13 December, 2005 - 10:17am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 7 September, 2006 - 5:56pm

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