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Eacles imperialis (Imperial moth)

Synonyms: Eacles didyma; Eacles imperatoria; Eacles nobilis; Eacles punctatissima; Eacles typica

Wikipedia Abstract

Eacles imperialis (imperial moth) is a Nearctic member of the family Saturniidae and subfamily Ceratocampinae. The wingspan of an adult is between  3 1⁄8 and  6 7⁄8 inches (80–175 mm).
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Infraspecies

Eacles imperialis anchicayensis
Eacles imperialis cacicus
Eacles imperialis decoris
Eacles imperialis hallwachsae
Eacles imperialis imperialis
Eacles imperialis magnifica
Eacles imperialis opaca
Eacles imperialis oslari
Eacles imperialis pini (Pine Imperial Moth)
Eacles imperialis piurensis
Eacles imperialis quintanensis
Eacles imperialis tucumana

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  5.0 inches (.127 m)

Prey / Diet

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Eurithia anthophila[3]
Lespesia frenchii[3]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis imperialis (Drury, 1773) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Ceratocampinae), Donald W. Hall, University of Florida, September 2014
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0