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Superfamily Bombycoidea - Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths


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Range map for Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama12396565561051108525132
Alaska    32282   
Alberta    846331281  
Arizona728827540844474783071275224
Arkansas 111244848687492678 
British Columbia   1249864130122  
California152810113315416916111770402611
Colorado   7399075531951 
Connecticut   3926403726   
Delaware   32613206  2
District of Columbia      913 1 
Florida94111171122120115156208222213130107
Georgia45387693861742191704089
Idaho 247203123175   
Illinois1  174373112893312  
Indiana111122560786041181 
Iowa 116628615687508  
Kansas 14142236254014822
Kentucky1  263253784826 3 
Louisiana6145393957422410696481827
Maine  131812212379309  
Manitoba    62528193   
Maryland14 1355115185159632732
Massachusetts113664129201139681331
Michigan 312368389643531 
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minnesota3 33351189649296  
Mississippi  7161542024173  
Missouri 33376481689261123 
Montana33111754372953  
Nebraska   2561861111074113  
Nevada  664151813113  
New Brunswick3  16512311121  
New Hampshire    3587113602583 
New Jersey3 6262881391097619  
New Mexico  5244428869274291 
New York51251121782131508522  
Newfoundland/Labrador     265    
North Carolina 3158814122333226316532198
North Dakota    8816647222  
Northwest Territories      261   
Nova Scotia    1313153   
Ohio  2943881681025219 2
Oklahoma 494380575411069263 
Ontario 23886207219168724 1
Oregon37511377512052151011
Pennsylvania53315892193572091754123
Prince Edward Island     82  2  
Quebec  21985816211   
Rhode Island    221461726619   
Saskatchewan    1040392668  
South Carolina  1624291939544425102
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
South Dakota  122527191982  
Tennessee  155010310013217469276 
Texas234415322919518819725832337418733
Utah   617213826163  
Vermont   318719137143  
Virginia133407412723414991274 
Washington 151366747946313  
West Virginia  2111166238187  
Wisconsin61 96210718592511732
Wyoming   262316195   
Yukon Territory     1 2    

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