Eyed Silkmoths

Automeris io io

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae

Automeris is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae and the subfamily Hemileucinae. As of 1996 there were 124 species, and more have since been described. These moths are generally characterized by the eyelike patches on the hindwings and the leaflike pattern on the forewings, an example of crypsis.

Distribution

Eyed Silkmoths — (c) Bea Leiderman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bea Leiderman · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

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