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Species Syssphinx bicolor - Honey Locust Moth - Hodges#7709

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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 Ceratocampinae (Royal Moths)
Genus Syssphinx
Species bicolor (Honey Locust Moth - Hodges#7709)
Hodges Number
7709
Other Common Names
Bisected Honey Locust Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syssphinx bisecta (Lintner)
Orig. Comb: Anisota bisecta Lintner, 1879
Syn: Sphingicampa bicolor (Lintner) - still used by MPG, BG
Size
Wingspan 47-67 mm
Range
mostly Upper Midwest, less common across se. US - Map - MPG
Season
April-September (3 broods)
Life Cycle
Larvae feed on Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos
and Kentucky Coffee Tree ((Gymnocladus dioicus)).
Print References
Covell, p. 46, plate 8 (1)
Tuskes, et al., The Wild Silk Moths of North America, pp. 85-86 plates 2--caterpillar, 10--adult (2)
Wagner, Caterpillars of Eastern North America, p.233--photos of caterpillar, adult (3)
D. C. Ferguson, 1971. MONA Fascicle 20.2a: p. 38; pl. 3.5-13, 17-18.
Internet References
synonyms plus food plants and references (Markku Savela, FUNET)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
2.The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada
Paul M. Tuskes, James P. Tuttle, Michael M. Collins. 1996. Cornell University Press.
3.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.