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Species Hemileuca hera - Hera Buckmoth - Hodges#7741

Eastern Washington Columbia Gorge Large Moth - Hemileuca hera SheepMoth - Hemileuca hera - male Hemileuca hera Hemileuca hera Hemileuca hera Hemileuca hera - female Hemileuca hera Hemileuca hera - male - 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.