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Genus Callosamia

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

Distribution and hostplant records for Eupackardia calleta from southeastern Texas with notes on mandibular ...

By Valerie A. Passoa, Steven Passoa
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 53: 133-137, 2000

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Distribution and hostplant records for Eupackardia calleta from southeastern Texas with notes on mandibular morphology of Attacini (Saturniidae)

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 September, 2013 - 6:05pm

Uses of cocoons of Eupackardia calleta and Rothschilidia cincta by Yaqui Indians in Arizona and Mexico

By R. S. Peigler & M. Maldonado
Nachr. Entomol. Ver. Apollo 26: 111-119, 2005

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 19 June, 2012 - 10:09am

Catalog of Parasitoids of Saturniidae of the World

By Richard S. Peigler
Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, Vol. 33: 1-121, 1996

Curiously, despite "1994" being in the header, the footer states, "Paper submitted 5 February 1996; revised manuscript accepted 15 March 1996."

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 15 December, 2015 - 10:44pm

The Moths of America north of Mexico. Fascicle 20.2B. Bombycoidea. Saturniidae. Hemileucinae (part), Saturniinae.

By Douglas C. Ferguson
The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 1972

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Fascicle 20.2A. Saturniidae: Citheroniinae, Hemileucinae (part). (1)

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 July, 2013 - 10:40pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea)

A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

By Kitching, I., R. Rougerie, A. Zwick, C. Hamilton, R. St Laurent, S. Naumann, L. Ballesteros Mejia, A. Kawahara
Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e22236., 2018

Kitching, I., R. Rougerie, A. Zwick, C. Hamilton, R. St Laurent, S. Naumann, L. Ballesteros Mejia, A. Kawahara, 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e22236.

View paper at pensoft.net here. Scroll to bottom for link to excel spreadsheet.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 19 August, 2018 - 5:55am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea)

Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature.

By Alpheus S. Packard
Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 7: 5-390, 1895

Packard, A.S., 1895. Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 7: 5-390.

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 5 May, 2013 - 1:32pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)

Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico

By Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.)
Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 2023

Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).

Editors - When citing this work, please be sure to include the (eds.) after Pohl & Nanz to avoid confusion over authorship. If you have a copy of the book, it would be best to cite with the chapter author, i.e. Landry in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)(1).

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 26 November, 2023 - 6:05am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)

Descriptions of Some New Moths from Southern California

By Harrison G. Dyar
Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 10: 52–60, 1908

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 29 April, 2023 - 10:08pm

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