🦋Hyalophora cecropia
La polilla de cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia) es la más grande de las polillas nativas de América del Norte. Es un miembro de la familia Saturniidae, o polillas sedosas gigantes. Se han observado hembras que poseen una envergadura de alas de 160 mm o aun mayores. Se la encuentra en la zona occidental de las Montañas Rocosas y hacia el norte en la mayoría de las provincias de Canadá. Las larvas de estas polillas se las encuentra por lo general en arces, pero se sabe que también se alimentan de cerezos y abedules entre varias otras especies.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderLepidoptera
- ›familySaturniidae
- ›genusHyalophora
- ›speciesHyalophora cecropia
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
- tribeAttacini
- genusHyalophora
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- superorderAmphiesmenoptera
- orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
- suborderGlossata
- superfamilyBombycoidea
- familySaturniidae
- subfamilySaturniinae
- tribeAttacini
- genusHyalophora
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