Species Callosamia securifera - Sweetbay Silk Moth - Hodges#7766

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Sweet Bay Moth - Callosamia securifera - female

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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 Callosamia

Species securifera (Sweetbay Silk Moth - Hodges#7766)

Hodges Number

7766

Identification

Yellowish brown with yellowish angular cell spots. Spring femles in the extreme south are often yellowish-orange. Males are darker than females and often missing hind wing cell spots. (from Butterflies and Moths of North America)

Food

Caterpillars feed on Sweetbay, Magnolia virginiana.

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid in short rows on the host plant leaves. Larvae feed gregariously at first, becoming solitary in later instars.

Internet References

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 21 July, 2006 - 8:05am
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 8 September, 2009 - 8:01am

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