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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Tamaulipan Agapema
Description
Family Saturniidae
'The Saturniidae are members
of the Superfamily
Bombycoidea
. These species are medium to very large in size, and this family
includes the largest moths in North America. Adults
have a wingspan of 3 to 15 centimeters, relatively small heads
, and densely hairy
bodies. Larvae are usually very fleshy
, with clumps
of raised bristles
. Buck
moth and Io
moth caterpillars have sharp, stinging
hairs
. Caterpillars mostly feed
on leaves of trees
and shrubs
; some cause severe damage. Pupa develop in silken cocoons
or in the soil. This family does not contain the commercial
silkworm moth (Bombyx mori), which is not native
to North America.
'[1]
Subfamily Saturniinae
Giant silkworm moths are members of the Family Saturniidae. These are medium to very large-sized moths, with adult wingspans ranging from 7.5 to 15 cm. They have hairy bodies and relatively small heads . Caterpillars feed on a wide range of native and ornamental trees and shrubs . Caterpillars of giant silkworms pupate in a well-built silken cocoon . The commercial silkworm moth is not native to North America and is not a member of this Family or Subfamily .[2]
Physical Description
Species Agapema galbina
Male antennae are yellow. Upperside of wings is gray to grayish brown; male is whiter at the wing bases . Wing margins are brown, median line is white. Black marking at forewing tip runs parallel to the costa . (ref. 106161)
Color:
Male antennae are yellow. Upperside of wings is gray to grayish brown; male is whiter at the wing bases . Wing margins are brown, median line is white. Black marking at forewing tip runs parallel to the costa .
Size/Age/Growth
Wing span : 2 3/8 - 2 7/8 inches (6 - 7.4 cm).
Habitat
Tamaulipan brushland .
Biology
Diet
Caterpillar hosts: Brazilian bluewood (Condalia hookeri). Adult food: Adults do not feed .
Reproduction
Adults are attracted to lights. Mating occurs at night, and females lay eggs in large clumps on the host plant. Eggs hatch soon after they are deposited, and young caterpillars feed in groups. Caterpillars quickly complete their development and spin cocoons before winter.
Behavior
Flight: One brood from September-October.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Bombycoidea
()
- Family:
Saturniidae
()
-
- Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths
- Subfamily:
Saturniinae
()
- Silkmoths
- Genus:
Agapema
()
- Specific name:
galbina
- (Clemens, 1860)
- Scientific name: - Agapema galbina (Clemens, 1860)
- Specific name:
galbina
- (Clemens, 1860)
- Genus:
Agapema
(
- Subfamily:
Saturniinae
(
- Family:
Saturniidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bombycoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Agapema
There are approximately 9 species in this genus:
A. anona (Mexican Agapema) · A. dentifasciata · A. dyari · A. galbina (Tamaulipan Agapema) · A. homogena (Rocky Mountain Agapema) · A. interrupta · A. pelora · A. platensis · A. solita (Agapema Solita)
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Further Reading
- A preliminary revision of the Bombyces of America north of Mexico / by B. Neumoegen and Harrison G. Dyar. [Lawrence, Kan.?: Allen Press?], 1893-94. ENG url p. 125.
- Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bloomington, Ill.: The Laboratory, 1878-[1918]. ENG url p. 146.
- Catalog of hymenoptera in America north of Mexico / prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein [et al.]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979- ENG url p. 246, p. 2497.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 268, p. 268, p. 268, p. 268, p. 268.
- Journal of Hymenoptera research. Washington, D.C.: International Society of Hymenopterists, [1992- ENG url p. 43.
- Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1866- ENG url p. 156, p. 158, p. 159, p. 304, p. 360, p. 394.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. [Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 82.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 128, p. 145.
- The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] ENG url p. 268.
- The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. By W.J. Holland With 48 plates in color-photography, reproductions of butterflies in the author's collection, and many text illustrations presenting most of the sp Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914. ENG url p. 86.
- The moth book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America, by W.J. Holland with forty-eight plates in color photography, and numerous illustrations in the text, reproducing specimens in the collection of the author, and in various pu New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1903. ENG url p. 86.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
- Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. March 26, 2007.
- Opler, Paul A., Kelly Lotts, and Thomas Naberhaus, coordinators. 2009. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Big Sky Institute. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ (Version of April 17, 2009).
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2605316
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-67779.0
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IILEW0R010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 171393
