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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 » Automeris » Automeris patagoniensis - Hodges#7749.2 (Automeris patagoniensis)

Species Automeris patagoniensis - Hodges#7749.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 Automeris

Species patagoniensis (Automeris patagoniensis - Hodges#7749.2 )

Hodges Number

7749.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Automeris patagoniensis Lemaire, Smith, & Wolfe, 1992

Numbers

Seven species of Automeris are found in America north of Mexico(1)

Size

Forewing length: (2)

♂ 24-27 mm.

♀ 26-30 mm.

Range

Southern Arizona where they are limited to the Huachuca and Patagonia Mountains

(probably ranges into Mexico). (1), (2)

Habitat

4500-5100' elevation. (2)

Season

The records of collected adults are from July to early August. (2)

Food

Larval hosts include Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass) and Poa sp. (bluegrass)

Remarks

Adults begin showing up at lights after midnight. (2)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, p. 240. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

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.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 August, 2011 - 7:57pm
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 1:21am

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