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Hyalophora cecropia, the cecropia moth, is North America's largest native moth. [1] It is a member of the family Saturniidae , or giant silk moths. Females have been documented with a wingspan of five to seven inches (13 to 18 cm) or more.
Cecropia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the arctiid moth Hypercompe icasia; the Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia) is a North American species, however, thus allopatric with the plant genus.
Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus, 1758) – cecropia moth; Hyalophora columbia (S.I. Smith, 1865) – Columbia silkmoth or larch silkmoth; Hyalophora euryalus (Boisduval, 1855) – ceanothus silkmoth; Hyalophora gloveri Strecker, 1872 – Glover's silkmoth; Hyalophora leonis (Naumann, Nassig & Nogueira, 2014) Hyalophora mexicana (Nässig, Nogueira ...
Cecropia, an albedo feature on Mars "Cecropia", a short story by Susan Hanniford Crowley, published in Sword and Sorceress XV; Cecropia or Kekropia (Κεκροπία), an old name for the Acropolis of Athens; Cecropia moth, the North American moth species Hyalophora cecropia; Apis mellifera cecropia or Greek bee, a subspecies of the western ...
Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths. It is a tan-colored moth , with an average wingspan of 15 cm (6 in). The most notable feature of the moth is its large, purplish eyespots on its two hindwings .
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Actias selene (Indian moon moth; Indian luna moth) (Hübner, 1807) Antheraea pernyi (Chinese (oak) tussah moth; temperate tussah moth) (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) Caligula simla (Westwood, 1847) Hyalophora cecropia (cecropia moth) (Linnaeus, 1758) Opodiphthera eucalypti (emperor gum moth) (Scott, 1864) Samia cynthia (ailanthus silkmoth) (Drury ...