Hyalophora

Hyalophora is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySaturniidae

Observations recorded22,681

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 524
With media: 180
Family: Saturniidae
Collections: MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM (MPM), YPM, UMNH, UCD, CSU
Recorded in: United States, Canada

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Attacini
Image: Hyalophora cecropia adult female sjh.JPG

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topic's main category: Category:Hyalophora
taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Hyalophora
Commons category: Hyalophora

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Hyalophora is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841.

==Species== Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus, 1758) – cecropia moth Hyalophora columbia (S.I. Smith, 1865) – Columbia silkmoth or larch silkmoth Hyalophora euryalus (Boisduval, 1855) – ceanothus silkmoth Hyalophora gloveri Strecker, 1872 – Glover's silkmoth Hyalophora leonis (Naumann, Nassig & Nogueira, 2014) Hyalophora mexicana (Nässig, Nogueira G. & Naumann, 2014)

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