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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) » Attacini » Eupackardia » Calleta Silkmoth - Hodges#7763 (Eupackardia calleta)
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Silk Moth - Eupackardia calleta
Copyright © 2007 cwmelton

Silk Moth - Eupackardia calleta
Bee County, Texas, USA
April 16, 2001
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Contributed by cwmelton on 28 July, 2007 - 2:19pm
Last updated 15 August, 2007 - 1:10am

AH!
I just saw your image on what's that bug, and it was bugging me! I agree with them of course that it resembles our species of Hyalophora, yet its coloration is more like Callosamia promethea (looks more like the former, though, with its white bands). I hope someone can solve this one!
… Bobby Grizzard, 28 July, 2007 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Calleta Silkmoth
Calleta Silkmoth, Eupackardia calleta.

~Zak
… Zak Van Loocke, 28 July, 2007 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
great!
Someone needs to add that species to the guide. We have some images of a larva I think is the same species here.
… Bobby Grizzard, 28 July, 2007 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
I have a male and female in m
I have a male and female in my collection I will post a picture of here in a little while.

~Zak
… Zak Van Loocke, 28 July, 2007 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

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