About Hemileuca peigleri Lemaire, 1993
This species, Hemileuca peigleri, is commonly called the Texas buck moth. Males have a black abdomen with a red tip, while females have an entirely solid black abdomen. Both sexes have nearly transparent wings. The upper surface of each wing is gray, with narrow black borders and a black base at the wing attachment point. Each wing bears a wide white band that contains a small eyespot. The wingspan of adult moths ranges from 5.8 to 8.2 centimeters. This moth is native to central Texas, where it lives on hills covered in oak trees. Adult Hemileuca peigleri do not feed. Females fly between 10 and 20 feet above the ground within oak trees, while males fly close to the ground. Known host plants for this species are four types of oak: Texas live oak (Quercus fusiformis), Havard's oak (Quercus havardii), Shumard's oak (Quercus shumardii), and Nuttall oak (Quercus texana).
