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Automeris iris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Automeris
Species:
A. iris
Binomial name
Automeris iris
(Walker, 1865)

Automeris iris, the iris eyed silkmoth, is a species of insect in the family Saturniidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Central America and North America.[1]

The MONA or Hodges number for Automeris iris is 7747.[5]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Automeris iris:

  • Automeris iris hesselorum Ferguson, 1972 i c g b
  • Automeris iris iris (Walker, 1865) i g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Automeris iris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  2. ^ a b "Automeris iris species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. ^ a b "Automeris iris". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. ^ a b "Automeris iris Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  5. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Automeris iris". Retrieved 2018-04-29.

Further reading

  • Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 0547238487.
  • Covell, Charles V. Jr. (2005). A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Special Publication Number 12. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 1-884549-21-7.
  • Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society.
  • Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ISSN 0066-8036.
  • Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
  • Kitching, I.; Rougerie, R.; Zwick, A.; Hamilton, C.; et al. (2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  • Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
  • Powell, Jerry A.; Opler, Paul A. (2009). Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520251977.
  • Tuskes, Paul M.; Tuttle, James P.; Collins, Michael M. (1996). The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3130-1.