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Species Automeris iris - Iris eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7747

Automeris iris hesselorum - Automeris iris - male

Automeris iris hesselorum - Automeris iris - female

Automeris iris hesselorum larvae Day 2 - Automeris iris

Automeris iris hesselorum larva Day 56 - Automeris iris

Female, Automeris iris hesselorum? - Automeris iris

Automeris iris hesselorum? - Automeris iris

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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 iris (Iris eyed Silkmoth - Hodges#7747)

Hodges Number

7747

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Automeris hesselorum Ferguson, 1972

Automeris iris of authors, (not Walker, 1865)

Explanation of Names

Automeris hesselorum Ferguson, 1972 includes as a synonym Automeris iris of authors (not Walker, 1865) in Brechlin & Meister 2011. Automeris iris is extralimital.

Print References

Ferguson, D. C., 1972. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2b: p. 164; pl. 13.7-8.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 16 February, 2007 - 7:29am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz
Last updated 24 May, 2021 - 3:16pm

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