Hemileuca slosseri, the nit-grass moth or Slosser's buckmoth, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae.[1][2] It was described by Richard S. Peigler and Stephen E. Stone in 1989 and is found in North America.[2]
| Hemileuca slosseri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Hemileuca |
| Species: | H. slosseri
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemileuca slosseri Peigler & Stone, 1989
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The MONA or Hodges number for Hemileuca slosseri is 7744.4.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Hemileuca slosseri Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ a b "Hemileuca slosseri Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ^ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
- ^ "Hemileuca slosseri, Slosser's Buckmoth - Hodges 7744.4". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- Tuskes, Paul M., James P. Tuttle, and Michael M. Collins (1996). The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada, ix + 250.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
External links
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