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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) » Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae) » Hemileucini » Hemileuca » Hera Buckmoth - Hodges#7741 (Hemileuca hera)

Species Hemileuca hera - Hera Buckmoth - Hodges#7741

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References
Hera Buckmoth - Hemileuca hera Sagebrush Moth - Hemileuca hera - male Hemileuca hera Hemileuca hera Hemileuca hera Hemileuca hera Hemileuca hera Hemileuca hera - female
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)
Subfamily Hemileucinae (Buck and Io Moths)
Tribe Hemileucini
Genus Hemileuca
Species hera (Hera Buckmoth - Hodges#7741)
Hodges Number
7741
Explanation of Names
Author: Harris, 1841
Size
The wingspan is 71-93 mm
Identification
Wings white with black pattern. Related species have at least the hind wing not white; except, H. magnifica is similar, but larger with usually bolder black pattern, and occurs further south. H. magmifica is considered by many authors to be a subspecies of H. hera.
Range
Western North America, north of Arizona and New Mexico.
Food
Caterpillars feed on basin big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) and sand sagebrush (A. filifolia). Adults do not feed.
Internet References
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Wikipedia
Contributed by tom murray on 31 March, 2007 - 10:35pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki, David Ferguson
Last updated 6 August, 2013 - 3:11pm

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