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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 » New England Buck Moth - Hodges#7732 (Hemileuca lucina)
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Hemileuca lucina? - Hemileuca lucina - female
Copyright © 2020 Adam Kohl

Hemileuca lucina? - Hemileuca lucina - Female
Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
September 16, 2017
based on proximity to available host plants (Spirea spp., Prunus spp.) and an absence of Quercus ilicifolia, flight time, and habitat (seen in early successional field very close to Spirea and Prunus, adjacent to pond and marsh, sandy-loam soils). Concluded likely H. lucina after iNaturalist conversation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39592876
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Contributed by Adam Kohl on 27 July, 2020 - 1:33pm
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