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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Bombycoidea » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae) » Hemileucini » Automeris » Cecrops eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7748 (Automeris cecrops)

Species Automeris cecrops - Cecrops eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7748

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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 Hemileucinae (Buck and Io Moths)
Tribe Hemileucini
Genus Automeris
Species cecrops (Cecrops eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7748)
Hodges Number
7748
Numbers
According to All-Leps, there are 2 subspecies in our area:
Automeris cecrops cecrops and Automeris cecrops pamina
Size
Adult wingspan: 8 - 10.6 cm
Range
Central Arizona mountains to southwestern New Mexico, and south into Mexico.
Food
Larvae: Fendler ceanothus (Ceanothus fendleri), catclaw mimosa (Mimosa biuncifera), mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus parvifolius), and oaks (Quercus).
Adults do not feed.
Internet References
Butterflies and Moths of North America - maps, photos and more information.

Moth Photographers Group - pinned photos.
Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 17 February, 2007 - 3:37pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Maury Heiman
Last updated 7 June, 2009 - 6:49pm

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