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Saturniidae 890059 – 7748   Automeris cecrops (Boisduval, 1875)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: herse Hoffmann, 1942 (Automeris) mexicana Bouvier, 1929 (Automeris) pudens (Boisduval, 1875) (Io) cecrops (Boisduval, 1875) (Io) extralim. - MONA 1983: 7748   Type locality: Mexico. ssp. a. pamina (Neumoegen, 1882) (Hyperchiria)   Type locality: Prescott, AZ.  aurosea (Neumoegen, 1882) (Hyperchiria) (synonym of ssp. pamina)  chiricahuana Schüssler, 1934 (Automeris) (synonym of ssp. pamina)

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. Aperçu monographique du Genre Io l'un des démembrements de la grande famille des Saturnides. Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique, 18: 224. Ferguson, D. C., 1972. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2b: p. 166; pl. 13.1-3. order or free PDF Neumoegen, B., 1882. Description of a new Hyperchiria from Arizona. Papilio, 2(4): 60-61. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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