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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 » Automeris » Zephyr Eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7749 (Automeris zephyria)

Species Automeris zephyria - Zephyr Eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7749

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Automeris
Species zephyria (Zephyr Eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7749)
Hodges Number
7749
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Automeris zephyria Grote(1), 1882
Size
Wingspan: 8 - 10.4 cm
Range
Central New Mexico mountains south into the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas. Only known from east of the Rio Grande.
Food
Larval food: Primarily Oaks (Quercus) and Mountain Mohogany (Cercocarpus), also occasionally found on Willows (Salix sp.), Rose (Rosa sp.), Plum & Cherry (Prunus sp.), and occasionally on several other deciduous woody genera. Will readily accept a variety of genera and species in captivity, including Apple (Malus sp.), Redbud (Cercis sp.), etc.
Adults do not feed
Remarks
Texas Parks & Wildlife considers this to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (2)
Print References
Barnes, Wm, & F.H. Benjamin, 1924. New species and forms of Lepidoptera (Heterocera). Entomological News Philadelphia, 35: p. 12. (3)
Ferguson, D.C., 1972. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2b. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 168; pl. 13.4-6. (4)
Grote, A.R., 1882. The Canadian Entomologist, 14: 215.
Packard(5), A.S.,1914. Monograph of the Bombycine moths of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, 12: p. 105.
Powell, J.A. & P. . Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California press[/i], plate 37, fig 2; p. 240. (6)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (7)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (8)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
3.New species and forms of Lepidoptera (Heterocera)
Wm. Barnes, F. H. Benjamin. 1924. Entomological News Philadelphia 35: 12-18.
4.The Moths of America north of Mexico. Fascicle 20.2B. Bombycoidea. Saturniidae. Hemileucinae (part), Saturniinae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1972. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.Biographical memoir of Alpheus Spring Packard Jr., LL.D. (1839 – 1905)
T. D. A. Cockerell. 1920. The National Academy of Sciences 9: 179-236.
6.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
7.North American Moth Photographers Group
8.Butterflies of North America
9.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 3 October, 2007 - 12:07am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, David Ferguson
Last updated 30 March, 2016 - 12:52pm

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