Eacles oslari

Oslar's eacles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Saturniidae
Genus:Eacles
Species: E. oslari
Binomial name
Eacles oslari

Eacles oslari (Oslar's eacles) is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found from the Santa Rita, Patagonia, Atascosa and Huachuca mountains of southern Arizona south into Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua in Mexico. Wings vary from yellow to purple-brown.

The wingspan 112–146 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Quercus oblongifolia, Quercus emoryi and Sapindus saponaria drummondii.


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