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Genus of moths

Automeris
A. b. belti
Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Automeris io caterpillar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Hemileucinae
Genus: Automeris
Hübner,
Synonyms
  • Protautomeris Packard, 1903
  • Agliopsis Bouvier, 1929

Automeris is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae and the subfamily Hemileucinae. As of 1996 there were 124 species, and more have since been described. These moths are generally characterized by the eyelike patches on the hindwings and the leaflike pattern on the forewings, an example of crypsis. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819 and it is distributed in the Neotropical realm.

List of species

Gallery

  • Automeris io Automeris io
  • Automeris metzli Automeris metzli
  • Automeris zozine Automeris zozine
  • Automeris larra Automeris larra
  • Automeris species, Trinidad Automeris species, Trinidad

References

  1. BioLib.cz
  2. Savela, Markku. "Automeris Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  3. Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life: Saturniidae.
  4. ^ Balcázar-Lara, M. A. (2000). "A new Automeris from the Manantlan Reserve in Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Hemileudinae)" Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Florida Entomologist. 83 (2): 343-48.
Taxon identifiers
Automeris


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