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Subspecies Coloradia pandora pandora

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Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - male Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - female Catipillar Moth - Coloradia pandora - male Cool Bug - Coloradia pandora Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - male Chinese Dragon - Coloradia pandora - male Coloradia pandora? - Coloradia pandora Pandora Moth Outbreak in Central Oregon. - Coloradia pandora
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Coloradia
Species pandora (Pandora Moth - Hodges#7724)
Subspecies pandora (Coloradia pandora pandora)

Remarks

The Kuzedika Paiute have historically collected the larvae of Coloradia pandora as a significant food resource. For links to interesting references on this topic, the this post.
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 15 December, 2011 - 1:25am
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 3 February, 2014 - 10:12pm

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