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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) » Silkmoths (Saturniinae) » Attacini » Callosamia » Tulip-tree Silkmoth - Hodges#7765 (Callosamia angulifera)

Species Callosamia angulifera - Tulip-tree Silkmoth - Hodges#7765

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · See Also · Internet References
Promethea Moth - Callosamia angulifera Tulip-tree Silkmoth - Callosamia angulifera Moth ID Confirmation Needed - Callosamia angulifera - female Green Caterpillar with 4 red knobs up front - Callosamia angulifera Calosamia angulifera? - Callosamia angulifera - male Callosamia angulifera Tulip-tree Silkmoth - Hodges#7765 - Callosamia angulifera - male Moth to porch light - Callosamia angulifera
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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 Saturniinae (Silkmoths)
Tribe Attacini
Genus Callosamia
Species angulifera (Tulip-tree Silkmoth - Hodges#7765)
Hodges Number
7765
Other Common Names
Giant Silkmoth
Size
wingspan about 10 cm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen
Identification
Males are brown centrally, females yellowish brown. On females the angular white spots are largest on the forewings.
Range
Eastern and midwestern states: Canada south to FL, west to IL.
Food
Larvae feed on Tuliptree, Liriodendron tulipifera.

Adults do not feed.
See Also
Rothschildia
Eupackardia
Callosamia
Hyalophora
Samia

Callosamia angulifera
Callosamia promethea
Callosamia securifera
Internet References
Moths of North America website
Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, anitagould, Bill Reynolds, marcie oconnor
Last updated 9 July, 2017 - 4:20pm

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