Hemileuca electra

Hemileuca electra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Saturniidae
Genus:Hemileuca
Species: H. electra
Binomial name
Hemileuca electra
W. G. Wright, 1884

Hemileuca electra, the electra buckmoth, is a species of buck or io moth in the family Saturniidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Central America and North America.[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Hemileuca electra is 7736.[4]

Subspecies

  • Hemileuca electra clio Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
  • Hemileuca electra electra W. G. Wright, 1884
  • Hemileuca electra mojavensis Tuskes and McElfresh, 1995

References

  1. ↑ "Hemileuca electra Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. 1 2 "Hemileuca electra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. ↑ "Hemileuca electra Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. 1 2 "North American Moth Photographers Group, Hemileuca electra". Retrieved 2018-02-06.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Tuskes, Paul M.; Tuttle, James P.; Collins, Michael M. (1996). The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. pp. ix + 250. ISBN 0-8014-3130-1.


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