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Hemileuca
Hemileuca is a genus of North American moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. The Finnish University and Research Network currently lists 32 species of the genus. These moths are popular with butterfly collectors because of their variable coloration and wing patterns and their unusual lifestyle, which is an adaptation to the hot and dry habitats where most species live. Most of these moths fly in summer and autumn. The eggs...
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Hemileuca maia
sectionHemileuca maia
Hemileuca eglanterina
sectionHemileuca eglanterina
Hemileuca electra
sectionHemileuca electra
Hemileuca tricolor
sectionHemileuca tricolor
Hemileuca grotei
sectionHemileuca grotei
Hemileuca rubridorsa
speciesHemileuca rubridorsa
Hemileuca burnsi
sectionHemileuca burnsi
Hemileuca chinatiensis
sectionHemileuca chinatiensis
Hemileuca sororia
speciesHemileuca sororia
Hemileuca peninsularis
speciesHemileuca peninsularis
Hemileuca numa
speciesHemileuca numa
Hemileuca mexicana
speciesHemileuca mexicana
Hemileuca mania
speciesHemileuca mania
Hemileuca lares
speciesHemileuca lares
Hemileuca dyari
speciesHemileuca dyari
Hemileuca siriae
speciesHemileuca siriae
Hemileuca eglanteriae
speciesHemileuca eglanteriae
Hemileuca sororius
speciesHemileuca sororius
Hemileuca marillia
speciesHemileuca marillia
Hemileuca juarezia
speciesHemileuca juarezia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82145.