Automeris patagoniensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilie: Hemileucinae
Genus: Automeris
Species: Automeris patagoniensis

Name

Automeris patagoniensis Lemaire , M.J. Smith & Wolfe, 1992

Type locality: USA, Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Patagonia Mountains, 6.4 km. SE of Patagonia, ca. 1450 m.

Holotype: Coll. Tuttle. male. 2.VIII.1989. leg. T. Kral & J. Slotten.

References

• Lemaire, C. ; M.J. Smith & K.L. Wolfe, 1992: A New Automeris from Arizona, including its Lief History and Notes on the Automeris colenon Complex (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Hemileucinae). Tropical Lepidoptera 3 (2): 123–129.

Photos

• Silkmoths: male and larva: [1]