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Hyalophora Duncan [& Westwood], 1841

Hyalophora Duncan [& Westwood], 1841; in Jardine, Naturalist's Libr. (Edn. 1) 33 (Ent. 7): 124, 132, TS: Phalaena cecropia Linnaeus
Platysamia Grote, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5 : 228, TS: Phalaena cecropia Linnaeus
Hyalophora (Attacini) ; [NACL, 109]; [MABL]

Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus, 1758)

ENA. See [About maps] Cecropia Moth Robin Moth
Phalaena cecropia Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 496, TL: North America
diana (Castiglioni, 1790)

= ; [NACL, #7767]

macula (Reiff, 1911)

= ; [NACL, #7767]

uhlerii (Polacek, 1928)

= ; [NACL, #7767]

obscura (Sageder, 1933)

= ; [NACL, #7767]

albofasciata (Sageder, 1933)

= ; [NACL, #7767]

Hyalophora cecropia, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Hyalophora cecropia, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Hyalophora cecropia, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hyalophora cecropia, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
Hyalophora cecropia, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Hyalophora cecropia, Saturniidae of North America [Bill Oehlke]
Hyalophora cecropia ; [NACL, #7767]

1000x753 (~86Kb) larva USA, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 09.08.1980 © Pertti Pakkanen

700x1030 (~78Kb) larva USA, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 24.08.1980 © Pertti Pakkanen

Larva on Acer, A. negundo, A. saccharinum, Prunus, Malus, Betulaceae, Cornus, Salix, Larix laricina?, L. decidua [SMNA]

Hyalophora columbia (Smith, 1865)

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, Manitoba, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan. See [About maps] Columbia Silkmoth
Samia columbia Smith, 1865; , TL: Norway, Maine
Hyalophora columbia, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Hyalophora columbia, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hyalophora columbia, Saturniidae of North America [Bill Oehlke]
Hyalophora columbia ; [NACL, #7768]

Larva on Larix, L. laricina, Prunus pensylvanica, Alnus rugosa, Betula papyrifera [SMNA]

Hyalophora gloveri (Strecker, 1872)

Rocky Mountains. See [About maps] Platysamia gloveri Strecker, 1872
Platysamia gloveri var. reducta Neumoegen, 1891

= ; [NACL, #7769]

Hyalophora gloveri, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Hyalophora columbia gloveri, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Hyalophora columbia gloveri, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Hyalophora columbia gloveri Strecker, 1872; Lemaire, 1978
Hyalophora gloveri ; [NACL, #7769]

1000x744 (~77Kb) larva USA, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 26.06.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen

700x943 (~75Kb) larva USA, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 10.07.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen

466x340 (~48Kb) female Bigfork, Montana, USA, July 7, 1975, Photo © Dan Chaffee

H. g. nokomis (Brodie, 1894)

Platysamia columbia nokomis Brodie, 1894
Platysamia columbia winonah Brodie, 1894

= ; [NACL, #7769a]

Hyalophora gloveri nokomis ; [NACL, #7769a]

Hyalophora euryalus (Boisduval, 1855)

WNA. See [About maps] Ceanothus Silkmoth
Saturnia euryalus Boisduval, 1855; , TL: California
californica (Grote, 1865)

= ; [NACL, #7770]

ceanothi (Boisduval, 1869)

= ; [NACL, #7770]

Samia rubra Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894

= ; [NACL, #7770]

parvimacula (Grote, 1903)

= ; [NACL, #7770]

kasloensis (Cockerell, 1914)

= ; [NACL, #7770]

Hyalophora euryalus, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Hyalophora euryalus, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Hyalophora euryalus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hyalophora euryalus, Saturniidae of North America [Bill Oehlke]
Hyalophora euryalus ; [NACL, #7770]

600x444 (~59Kb) USA, CA, Amador County, e.o, Photo 27.5.1997 © Dan Chaffee

Larva on Ceanothus, Rhamnus californica, Prunus emarginata, Arctostaphylos, Alnus, Betula, Corylus, Ribes, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Arbutus menziesii, Salix [SMNA]

H. e. euryalus

Mexico, ...? Hyalophora euryalus euryalus ; [MABL]

H. e. cedrosensis (Cockerell, 1914)

Mexico, ...? cedrosensis (Cockerell, 1914)

= euryalus (Boisduval, 1855); [NACL, #7770]

Hyalophora euryalus cedrosensis ; [MABL]

Hyalophora cecropia × euryalus

580x430 (~77Kb) USA, e.o (male cecropia, Kansas City, MO) × (female euryalus, Amador County, CA), Photo 16.5.1997 © Dan Chaffee

6.11.2005 (4)

References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[Bill Oehlke]

Saturniidae; e-mail: Bill Oehlke; http://www3.pei.sympatico.ca/oehlkew

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona

[Dan Chaffee]

6903 NW Cross Rd; Kansas City, Mo. 64152; USA; e-mail: Dan Chaffee

[GALEPS]

Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm

[Lynn Scott]

Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images

[MABL]

Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

[SMNA]

Tuskes, Paul M., Tuttle, James P., Collins, Michael M.; The wild silk moths of North America

Some related literature:

Grote, 1865

Notes on Bombycidae of Cuba Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5 : 227-255, pl. 4

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

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