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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 » Hemileuca burnsi - Hodges#7737 (Hemileuca burnsi)

Species Hemileuca burnsi - Hodges#7737

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · 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 Hemileuca
Species burnsi (Hemileuca burnsi - Hodges#7737)
Hodges Number
7737
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hemileuca burnsi J.H. Watson, 1910
* phylogenetic sequence #225150
Food
Larval host plant: Psorothamnus
Print References
Comstock, J. A. & C. M. Dammers 1937. Notes on the early stages of three California moths. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 36(2): 68, pl.29-32
Ferguson, D. C. 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 20.2a: p.130, pl.7.11-12
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl.37.1m, p.239 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 12 January, 2009 - 3:11pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, David Ferguson, Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 January, 2018 - 4:58pm

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