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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Silkmoths (Saturniinae) » Saturniini » Antheraea » Western Polyphemus Moth  - Hodges#7757.1 (Antheraea oculea)
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Antheraea oculea - male
Copyright © 2007 Zak Van Loocke

Antheraea oculea - Male
Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 22, 2006
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Contributed by Zak Van Loocke on 14 February, 2007 - 4:43pm
Last updated 15 February, 2007 - 10:23am

All-Leps now has this as a a separate sp.
instead of a sub-species of Polyphemus, so I've moved this to a new guide page.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 15 February, 2007 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

 
not according to the list
here, which is the "North American Checklist with Synonymies" page at All-Leps, showing oculea as one of 3 subspecies of polyphemus.
And their plain North American Checklist (simple family list) here shows polyphemus as the only species of Antheraea.
… Robin McLeod, 11 May, 2007 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
You're right, Robin
have they revised the list since then? I don't think I would have misread it back in February but I can't honestly remember - I should have put a link in my comment above.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 11 May, 2007 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

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