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Eacles
Sign in to saveEacles is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. They are native to the Americas. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilySaturniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Collections
- USNM, MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM (MPM), RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CHAS, NAUF, OMNH
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Colombia, United States, Brazil, Argentina
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Eacles is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. They are native to the Americas. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
==Species== The genus includes the following species: Eacles acuta Schaus, 1905 Eacles adoxa Jordan, 1910 Eacles barnesi Schaus, 1905 Eacles bertrandi Lemaire, 1981 Eacles callopteris W. Rothschild, 1907 Eacles camposportoi Mendes, 1937 Eacles canaima Feige, 1971 Eacles cuscoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009 Eacles ducalis Walker, 1855 Eacles fairchildi May & Oiticica, 1941 Eacles guianensis Schaus, 1905 Eacles imperialis (Drury, 1773) Eacles kaechi (Brechlin & Meister, 2011) Eacles lauroi Oiticica, 1938 Eacles lemairei Rego Barros & Tangerini, 1973 Eacles magnifica Walker, 1855 Eacles manuelita Oiticica, 1941 Eacles masoni Schaus, 1896 Eacles mayi Schaus, 1920 Eacles ormondei Schaus, 1889 Eacles oslari Rothschild, 1907 Eacles paraadoxa Brechlin & Meister, 2009 Eacles penelope (Cramer, 1775) Eacles silkae (Brechlin & Meister, 2011)
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