Hyalophora

Hyalophora cecropia

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
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Attacini
Genus: Hyalophora
Species (3): H. cecropia – H. columbia – H. euryalus – H. gloveri – H. kasloensis – H. leonis – H. mexicana

Name

Hyalophora Duncan & Westwood, 1841

Type species: Phalaena cecropia Linnaeus, 1758

References

Additional references

• Nässig, W.A., Nogueira G., G. & Naumann, S. 2014: A new species of the genus Hyalophora Duncan, 1841 from Central Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Attacini). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 47: 49–63. Full article (PDF).Reference page. 
• Smith, M.J. & R.E. Wells, 1993: Rediscovery of Hyalophora euryalus cedrosensis (Saturniidae), with descriptions of the adult and larval stages. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 47 (1): 60–77. Full article: [1].

Links

• The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada.