Overview
The buck and io moths are members of the Family Saturniidae. Adults of these species have wingspans of 4.5 to 8 cm, hairy bodies, and relatively small heads. Caterpillars have sharp, stinging hairs, and feed on leaves of trees and shrubs. Some buck and io moths pupate in a well-built silken cocoon.[1]
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Taxonomy
The Subfamily Hemileucinae is a member of the Family Papilionidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Hemileucinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Family: Papilionidae
Latreille, 1809 - Swallowtails
- Subfamily: Hemileucinae - Buck and Io Moths
- Family: Papilionidae
Latreille, 1809 - Swallowtails
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Hemileucinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (9): Automeris · Coloradia · Cyllene · Hemileuca · Hylesia · Iris · Lucina · Pandora · Papilio
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3,214 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Hemileucinae.
Genera
Automeris
Coloradia
Coloradia is a genus of of the family Saturniidae. There are nine described species found in Mexico and eastern North America. [more]
Cyllene
There are several places on the peninsula in Greece named Kyllíni (classically transliterated as Cyllene or Kyllênê -- in Greek: ???????): [more]
Hemileuca
Hylesia
Iris
A genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[2] [more]
Lucina
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[3] [more]
Pandora
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[4] [more]
Papilio
Papilio is a in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. It includes a number of well-known North American species such as the Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus). Familiar species in Asia include the Mormons (Papilio polytes, Papilio polymnestor), the Orchard and Ulysses Swallowtails in Australia (Papilio aegeus, Papilio ulysses, respectively) and the Citrus Swallowtail of Africa (Papilio demodocus). [more]
At least 2,626 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Papilio.
More info about the Genus Papilio may be found here.
Footnotes
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Coloradia&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Iris&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Lucina&search=Search
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Pandora&search=Search
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