Hemileuca electra

Hemileuca electra

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: Hemileuca
Species: Hemileuca electra
Subspecies: H. e. clio – H. e. electra – H. e. mojavensis – H. e. rubra

Name

Hemileuca electra W.G. Wright, 1884: 19

References

Primary references

• Wright, W.G. 1884. Description of a new Hemileuca. Papilio 4: 19–20. BHL
• Tuskes, P.M. & McElfresh, S. 1995. The biology and distribution of Hemileuca electra (Saturniidae) populations in the United States and Mexico, with descriptions of two new subspecies. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(1): 49–71. BHL, PDF Reference page. 

Links

• silkmoths.bizland.com: male ♂, female ♀ and larva: Photos.

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