Eupackardia calleta
Sign in to saveEupackardia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae erected by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1912. Its only species, Eupackardia calleta, the calleta silkmoth, was described by John O. Westwood in 1853. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, as well as in the states such as; Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Eupackardia calleta, and connects out to Mexico, Animalia and Guatemala.
It sits within the topics Bombycoidea genera, Fauna of the Rio Grande valleys and Monotypic moth genera.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilySaturniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 340
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Collections
- CHAS, MHNCA, UMNH, DMNS, YPM, GMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Eupackardia
- Image
- Eupackardia calleta.jpg
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- species
- taxon name
- Eupackardia calleta
- Commons category
- Eupackardia calleta
- taxon common name
- Calleta Silkmoth
- has host
- Tecoma stans
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Life cycle
- Diet
- Habitat, season and distribution
- Threats
- Predators
- Parasitoids
- Uses of ''Eupackardia calleta'' cocoons
- References
- External links
Eupackardia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae erected by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1912. Its only species, Eupackardia calleta, the calleta silkmoth, was described by John O. Westwood in 1853. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, as well as in the states such as; Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
The wingspan is normally , however, some specimens have been reported to exceed 5 inches.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eupackardia calleta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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