Eacles oslari

(Oslar's Eacles)

Conservation Status

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Status

G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Hexapoda Snodgrass, 1938 - Hexapods
        Infraphylum: Atelocerata Heymons, 1901
        Superclass: Panhexapoda
        Epiclass: Hexapoda - Hexapods
        Class: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
        Order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies, Moths
        Series: Bombyciformes
        Superfamily: Bombycoidea
        Family: Bombycidae
        Subfamily: Citheroniinae - Royal Moths
        Genus: Eacles
        Specific name: oslari Rothschild 1907
        Scientific name: Eacles oslari Rothschild 1907

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name.

Physical Description

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Subfamily Citheroniinae:

Royal moths are members of the Family Saturniidae. Adults are medium to very large in size; some species have wingspans 3-7cm and others have wingspans as large as 17 cm. The adult moths have hairy bodies and relatively small heads that are held close to the thorax. Caterpillars feed mostly on leaves of trees and shrubs. Royal moths pupate in a cell in the soil.

Color:

Upperside is yellow with purple-brown lines and cell spots. Males have an orange-brown form and females have a brownish form. Underside of both sexes has prominent brown bands on both wings; forewing band runs from the wing tip to the inner margin, hindwing band runs diagonally from the costa to the inner margin.

Size/Age/Growth:

Wing span: 4 7/16 - 5 3/4 inches (11.2 - 14.6 cm).

Distribution

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Range and Population

The Santa Rita, Patagonia, Atascosa, and Huachuca Mountains of southern Arizona south into Sonora, Sinaloa, and Chihuahua, Mexico.

Habitat

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Oak woodland in the Sierra Madre.

Diet

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Caterpillar hosts: Mexican blue oak (Quercus oblongifolia), Emory oak (Q. emoryi), western soapberry (Sapindus saponaria drummondii) and others. Adult food: Adults do not feed.

Reproduction

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Egg laying begins after sunset and females deposit eggs singly or in groups of 2-6 on host plants. Caterpillars are solitary feeders, and when they are mature they pupate in underground burrows.

Behavior

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Flight: One flight from July-August.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Eacles:

There are approximately 49 species in this genus.: E. acuta · E. adoxa · E. amazonica · E. ambicolor · E. anchicayensis · E. approximans · E. barnesi · E. bertrandi · E. cacicus · E. callopteris · E. canaima · E. columbiana · E. cybele · E. decoris · E. didyma · E. ducalis · E. fairchildi · E. fulvaster · E. guianensis · E. guinlei · E. imperatoria · E. imperialis (Imperial Moth) · E. imperialis imperialis (Imperial Moth) · E. imperialis pini (Imperial Moth) · E. johnsoniella · E. lauroi · E. lemairei · E. lombardi · E. magnifica · E. majestalis · E. manuelita · E. masoni · E. mayi · E. niepelti · E. nobilis · E. opaca · E. ormondei · E. oslari (Oslar's Eacles) · E. penelope · E. peruvianus · E. pini · E. punctatissima · E. quintanensis · E. suffusa · E. tricolor · E. tucumana · E. typica · E. tyrannus · E. violacea

Members of the genus Dziedzickia:

There are approximately 60 species in this genus.: D. absyrta · D. armata · D. aspasia · D. basalis · D. beatricea · D. bilobata · D. caipora · D. clio · D. coheri · D. cryptura · D. diana · D. donskoffi · D. dubitans · D. edwardsiana · D. endymion · D. fiebrigi · D. flava · D. flavonigra · D. freemani · D. funerea · D. fuscipennis · D. galindoi · D. gloriosa · D. himiti · D. hypsipile · D. iara · D. immaculata · D. intermedia · D. ionica · D. janus · D. johannseni · D. jurupari · D. liriope · D. longicornis · D. macrura · D. marginata · D. medea · D. metallica · D. microstyla · D. nigra · D. nitida · D. occidentalis · D. oiampensis · D. oregona · D. patagonica · D. peckorum · D. penai · D. pentastylobia · D. polyzona · D. pseudoarmata · D. pubericornis · D. rutila · D. saci · D. separata · D. stangei · D. stuckenbergorum · D. variabilis · D. vernalis · D. vittata · D. vockerothi

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Notes

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Contributors:

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. March 26, 2007.

Identifiers:

Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IILEW0F020
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 171348

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Last Revised: February 28, 2008