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The giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) is a moth of the family Erebidae. They are distributed through North America from southern Ontario, and southern and eastern United States through New England, Mexico, and south to Colombia. [2] [3] The obsolete name, Ecpantheria scribonia, is still occasionally encountered.
Lonomia obliqua is a species of saturniid moth ("giant silk moth") from South America. [1] It is famous for its larval form, rather than the adult moth, primarily because of the caterpillar's defense mechanism, urticating bristles that inject a potentially deadly venom.
Lonomia sp.. The genus Lonomia is a moderate-sized group of fairly cryptic saturniid moths from South America, famous not for the adults, but for their highly venomous caterpillars, which are responsible for a few deaths each year, [1] especially in southern Brazil, and the subject of hundreds of published medical studies.
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6. Gypsy Moth. This invasive moth from Europe has a voracious appetite for the leaves of over 300 tree and shrub species. During outbreaks, gypsy moth caterpillars can defoliate entire forests and ...
Eulepidotis affinis, Panama Apantesis arge caterpillar (Arctiinae) Halysidota tessellaris, cocoon. The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea.The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups.
Examples: luna moth (Actias luna) and Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus). The clicks may serve as aposematic warning signals to a regurgitation defense. [4] Most are solitary feeders, but some are gregarious. The Hemileucinae are gregarious when young and have stinging hairs, [2] and those of Lonomia contain a poison that may kill a human.
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 .