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Saturniidae

890085 – 7770 Hyalophora euryalus (Boisduval, 1855)

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Distribution Data for Hyalophora euryalus

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Synonymy:	euryalus (Boisduval, 1855) (Saturnia) - MONA 1983: 7770 california (Genzke, 1859) (Platysamia) californica (Grote, 1865) (Platysamia) ceanothi (Boisduval, 1869) (Saturnia) cedrosensis (Cockerell, 1914) (Samia) parvimacula (Grote, 1903) (Samia) rubra (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894) (Samia)
Taxonomic Notes:	Hyalophora euryalus (Boisduval, 1855) formerly included as a synonym Hyalophora kasloensis (Cockerell, in: Packard, 1914) which was raised to full species in Kitching & Rougerie et al. (2018). The names parvimacula (Grote, 1903) and rubra (Neumögen & Dyar, 1894) were inadvertently listed as synonyms below kasloensis instead of euryalus in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023) (Ryan St Laurent, pers. comm., 28 December 2023) and are here corrected as synonyms of the latter.

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.
Boisduval, J.B., 1875. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 3: 32.
Collins, M.M., 2018. Translations of two original descriptions of Hyalophora euryalus Bdv. (Saturniidae) and the legacy of errors behind the common misspelling of the species name. News of The Lepidopterists’ Society, 60(1): 42-43.
Ferguson, D. C., 1972. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2b: p. 261; pl. 19.7-8, 20.1-2. order or free PDF
Grote, A.R., 1883. Note on North American Attaci. The Canadian Entomologist, 35(3): 109-110.
Grote, A.R., 1883. Note on North American Attaci. The Canadian Entomologist, 35(3): 109.
Grote, A.R., 1902. Auszug aus dem Sitzungsbericht des Vereins für Sclimetterlingsfreunde zu Hildesheim . Insekten-Börse, 19: 252-253.
McDunnough, J.H., 1921. Samia euryalus Bvd., the correct name for the Californian silk worm moth. The Canadian Entomologist, 53(8): 191-192.
Neumoegen, B. & H.G. Dyar, 1894. A preliminary revision of the Bombyces of America north of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society , 2: 124. (rubra)
Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.), 2023. Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Bakersfield, California, xiv + 580 pp. (order).
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 38.7m; p. 241. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
Tuskes, P.M., J.P. Tuttle, M.M. Collins, 1996. The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY & London, UK, available in Books to Borrow at Internet Archive.