Hyalophora

Hyalophora Duncan [& Westwood], 1841

Hyalophora Duncan [& Westwood], 1841; in Jardine, Naturalist's Libr. (Edn. 1) 33 (Ent. 7): 124, 132; TS: Phalaena cecropia Linnaeus
Platysamia Grote, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 228; TS: Phalaena cecropia Linnaeus

Hyalophora; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Hyalophora (Attacini); [NACL], 109; [MABL]
Platysamia; [NHM-BMW]

Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus, 1758)

ENA. See [maps] Robin Moth Cecropia Moth

Phalaena cecropia Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 496; TL: North America
diana (Castiglioni, 1790)
- = ; [NACL], #7767
macula (Reiff, 1911)
- = ; [NACL], #7767
uhlerii (Polacek, 1928)
- = ; [NACL], #7767
obscura (Sageder, 1933)
- = ; [NACL], #7767
albofasciata (Sageder, 1933)
- = ; [NACL], #7767

Hyalophora cecropia; [NACL], #7767; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]

1000x753 (~86Kb) larva USA, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 09.08.1980 © Pertti Pakkanen

700x1030 (~78Kb) larva USA, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 24.08.1980 © Pertti Pakkanen

Hyalophora columbia (Smith, 1865)

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, Manitoba, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan. See [maps] Columbia Silkmoth

Samia columbia Smith, 1865; ; TL: Norway, Maine

Hyalophora cecropia Ã columbia; [iNaturalist]
Hyalophora columbia columbia; [iNaturalist]
Hyalophora columbia; [NACL], #7768; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BAMONA]

Hyalophora gloveri (Strecker, 1872)

Rocky Mountains. See [maps]

Platysamia gloveri Strecker, 1872
Platysamia gloveri var. reducta Neumoegen, 1891
- = ; [NACL], #7769

Hyalophora cecropia Ã gloveri; [iNaturalist]
Hyalophora columbia gloveri; [LepIndex]
Hyalophora columbia gloveri Strecker, 1872; Lemaire, 1978
Hyalophora euryalus Ã gloveri; [iNaturalist]
Hyalophora gloveri; [NACL], #7769; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]

1000x744 (~77Kb) larva USA, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 26.06.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen

700x943 (~75Kb) larva USA, ex. o. (commercial source), Photo 10.07.1979 © Pertti Pakkanen

466x340 (~48Kb) ♀ Bigfork, Montana, USA, July 7, 1975, Photo © Dan Chaffee

H. g. nokomis (Brodie, 1894)

Platysamia columbia nokomis Brodie, 1894
Platysamia columbia winonah Brodie, 1894
- = ; [NACL], #7769a

Hyalophora columbia nokomis; [LepIndex]
Hyalophora gloveri nokomis; [NACL], #7769a; [iNaturalist]

Hyalophora euryalus (Boisduval, 1855)

WNA. See [maps] Ceanothus Silkmoth

Saturnia euryalus Boisduval, 1855; ; TL: California
californica (Grote, 1865)
- = ; [NACL], #7770
ceanothi (Boisduval, 1869)
- = ; [NACL], #7770
Samia rubra Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894
- = ; [NACL], #7770
parvimacula (Grote, 1903)
- = ; [NACL], #7770
kasloensis (Cockerell, 1914)
- = ; [NACL], #7770

Hyalophora euryalus kasloensis; [iNaturalist]
Hyalophora euryalus; [NACL], #7770; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
Hyalophora kasloensis; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [GBCL]

H. e. euryalus Mexico, ...?

Hyalophora euryalus euryalus; [MABL]; [iNaturalist]

H. e. cedrosensis (Cockerell, 1914) Mexico, ...?

cedrosensis (Cockerell, 1914)
- = euryalus (Boisduval, 1855); [NACL], #7770

Hyalophora euryalus cedrosensis; [MABL]; [iNaturalist]

Hyalophora cecropia × euryalus

580x430 (~77Kb) USA, e.o (male cecropia, Kansas City, MO) × (female euryalus, Amador County, CA), Photo 16.5.1997 © Dan Chaffee

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[Dan Chaffee]
6903 NW Cross Rd; Kansas City, Mo. 64152; USA; e-mail: Dan Chaffee
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MABL] Manuel A. Balcázar Lara
Palomillas de México
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[PNWM]
Pacific Northwest Moths
[Pertti Pakkanen]
e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Grote, 1865
Notes on Bombycidae of Cuba Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5 : 227-255, pl. 4
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
[SMNA]; Tuskes, Tuttle, & Collins, 1996
The wild silk moths of North America

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