Automeris cecrops explained

Automeris cecrops, the cecrops eyed silkmoth, is a species of insect in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Automeris cecrops is 7748.

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Automeris cecrops:

• Automeris cecrops cecrops (Boisduval, 1875)
• Automeris cecrops pamina (Neumoegen, 1882)
• Automeris cecrops peigleri Lemaire, 1981

Further reading

• Book: The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. 1996. Tuskes. Paul M.. Tuttle. James P.. Collins. Michael M.. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-3130-2. registration.
• A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). 2018. Kitching . I.. Rougerie . R.. Zwick . A.. Hamilton . C.. St Laurent . R.. Naumann . S.. Ballesteros Mejia . L.. Kawahara . A.. 4. Biodiversity Data Journal. . 6. e22236. 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. 5904559. 29674935. free.
• Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 2016. Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.