Antheraea oculea, known generally as the western Polyphemus moth or Arizona Polyphemus moth, is a species of silkmoth in the family Saturniidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Central America and North America.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Antheraea |
| Species: | A. oculea
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| Binomial name | |
| Antheraea oculea (Neumoegen, 1883)
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The MONA or Hodges number for Antheraea oculea is 7757.1.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Antheraea oculea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ "Antheraea oculea Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ "Antheraea oculea Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Antheraea oculea". Retrieved 2018-03-17.
Further reading
edit- Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 978-0547238487.
- Covell, Charles V. Jr. (2005). A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Special Publication Number 12. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 978-1-884549-21-2.
- Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society. ISBN 9780665043895.
- Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. 17. ISSN 0066-8036. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
- Kitching, I.; Rougerie, R.; Zwick, A.; Hamilton, C.; et al. (2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6 (6): e22236. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. PMC 5904559. PMID 29674935.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
- Powell, Jerry A.; Opler, Paul A. (2009). Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520251977.
- Tuskes, Paul M.; Tuttle, James P.; Collins, Michael M. (1996). The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3130-2.
External links
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