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Genus Hyalophora

Cecropia Moth - Hyalophora cecropia - female Cecropia - Hyalophora cecropia - Hyalophora cecropia large moth or butterfly - Hyalophora cecropia - male Bright Green Caterpillar w/ Yellow with Black spotted horns - Hyalophora cecropia Huge Moth - Hyalophora columbia Butterfly or Moth? - Hyalophora cecropia Columbia Silkmoth - Hyalophora euryalus Huge Moth - Hyalophora columbia
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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 Attacini
Genus Hyalophora
Explanation of Names
Hyalophora is apparently from Greek Hyalos (υαλος)- "glass" and phoros (φορος)- "bearing, carrying"