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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 louisiana - Hodges#7749.1 (Automeris louisiana)

Species Automeris louisiana - Hodges#7749.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · 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 louisiana (Automeris louisiana - Hodges#7749.1)

Hodges Number

7749.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Automeris louisiana Ferguson & Brou, 1981 (1)

Size

Forewing length 26-31 mm. (1)

Identification

Male and females are browner with less maculation than Automeris io, MPG images

Range

Coastal areas of se TX to LA - Map (MPG)

Food

Brou (2005) reports cherry (Prunus serotina), red maple, red oak, white oak, water oak, choke cherry, sweet gum, and swamp gum. (2)

Other reports of Johnson grass and hackberry. (2)

Spartina alterniflora (3)

Remarks

considered by Louisiana to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (4)

Print References

Brou Jr., V.A. 2005. Spotlight on rearing Automeris louisiana Ferguson & Brou. Southern Lepidopterists' News 27(4): 101-105. (2)

Ferguson, D.C. & V.A. Brou. 1981. A new species of Automeris Hubner (Saturnidae) from the Mississippi River Delta. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 35(2): 101-105. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Barcode of Life Data Systems - BOLD

Tulane University

Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA

Works Cited

1.	A new species of Automeris Hubner (Saturnidae) from the Mississippi River Delta

2.	Spotlight on rearing Automeris louisiana Ferguson & Brou Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. 2005. Southern Lepidopterists' New 27(4): 101-105.

3.	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.

4.	Louisiana "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - 2015

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 March, 2012 - 9:02pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 April, 2016 - 9:04am

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