Callosamia promethea

Callosamia promethea

Taxobox
name = Promethea Silkmoth


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Bombycoidea
familia = Saturniidae
subfamilia = Saturniinae
tribus = Attacini
genus = "Callosamia"
species = "C. promethea"
binomial = "Callosamia promethea"
binomial_authority = Drury, 1773

The Promethea Silkmoth ("Callosamia promethea"), is a member of the Saturniidae family of moths.

Range

"C. promethea" is found in the eastern half of the United States and lower parts of eastern Canada.

Food Plants

The larvae of "C. promethea" feed on a variety of plants including- but not restricted to- the following:
*"Quercus", (oak)
*"Syringa", (lilac)
*"Sassafras"
*"Acer", (maple)
*"Fraxinus americana", (white ash)
*"Diospyros", (persimmon)
*"Kalmia", (laurel)
*"Malus", (apple)
*"Prunus persica", (peach)
*"Pinus", (pine)
*"Pyrus", (pear)
*"Rhododendron"
*"Salix", (willow)
*"Populus", (poplar)
*"Tilia", (basswood)
*"Lindera benzoin, (spicebush)

External links

* [http://butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3284 Callosamia promethea] , Butterflies & Moths of North America


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