Automeris iris, the iris eyed silkmoth, is a species of insect in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3]
| Automeris iris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemileucinae |
| Genus: | Automeris |
| Species: | A. iris
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| Binomial name | |
| Automeris iris (Walker, 1865)
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Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Automeris iris:
- Automeris iris hesselorum Ferguson, 1972
- Automeris iris iris (Walker, 1865)
References
edit- ^ "Automeris iris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Automeris iris". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Automeris iris species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Automeris iris". Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- 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.
- Kitching, I.; Rougerie, R.; Zwick, A.; Hamilton, C.; et al. (2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal (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.
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