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Saturniidae 890012 – 7704   Eacles imperialis (Drury, 1773)              Imperial Moth

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: anchicayensis Lemaire, 1971 (Eacles) approximans Bouvier, 1923 (Eacles) cacicus (Boisduval, 1868) (Basilona) decoris Rothschild, 1907 (Eacles) magnifica Walker, 1855 (Eacles) opaca (Burmeister, 1878) (Ceratocampa) typica Bouvier, 1927 (Eacles) quintanensis Lemaire, 1971 (Eacles) tucumana Rothschild, 1907 (Eacles) imperialis (Drury, 1773) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 7704 pini Michener, 1950 (Eacles) ssp. a. imperialis (Drury, 1773) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 7704  didyma (Beauvois, 1805) (Bombyx) (synonym of ssp. imperialis)  imperatoria (Smith, 1797) (Phalaena) (synonym of ssp. imperialis)  nobilis Neumoegen, 1891 (Eacles) (synonym of ssp. imperialis)  punctatissima Neumoegen, 1891 (Eacles) (synonym of ssp. imperialis)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Ferguson, D. C., 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2a: p. 24; pl. 1.1-3, 16-17. order or free PDF Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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