Hemileuca electra rubra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilie: Hemileucinae
Genus: Hemileuca
Species: Hemileuca electra
Subspecies: Hemileuca electra rubra

Name

Hemileuca electra rubra Tuskes & McElfresh, 1995

Type locality: Mexico, Baja California, Catavina.

Holotype: LACM. male ♂. 13.X.1988. leg. P. & A. Tuskes, S. McElfresh and M. Collins.

Photos

  • silkmoths.bizland.com: male ♂and female ♀: .

References

  • Tuskes, P.M. & McElfresh, S., 1995: The biology and distribution of Hemileuca electra (Saturniidae) populations in the United States and Mexico, with descriptions of two new subspecies. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 49 (1): 49–71. Full article:
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