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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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Hickory horned devil - Citheronia regalis Anisota - Anisota virginiensis Dryocampa rubicunda caterpillar - Syssphinx hubbardi yellow brown moth straight on wings view - Eacles imperialis Pink-striped Oakworm (day 37) - Anisota virginiensis caterpillar - Anisota stigma UFO Saturniidae? - Eacles imperialis
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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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