Hemileuca electra Wright, 1884 is a animal in the Saturniidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hemileuca electra Wright, 1884

Hemileuca electra Wright, 1884

Hemileuca electra, the electra buckmoth, is a Saturniidae species found in Central and North America, with Hodges number 7736.

Family
Genus
Hemileuca
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hemileuca electra Wright, 1884

Hemileuca electra (Wright, 1884), commonly called the electra buckmoth, is a species of buck moth or io moth belonging to the family Saturniidae. This species is distributed across Central America and North America. Its MONA (Moths of North America) Hodges number is 7736.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Saturniidae Hemileuca

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