Saturnia mendocino explained

Saturnia mendocino, the Mendocino saturnia moth, is a species of silkmoth in the family Saturniidae.^[1] It was first described by Behrens in 1876 and it is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Saturnia mendocino is 7751.

Further reading

• Description of a new saturian. 1876. Behrens . James. The Canadian Entomologist. 8. 8. 149. 10.4039/Ent8149-8.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lotts . Kelly . Naberhaus . Thomas . amp . 2017 . Mendocino saturnia moth Saturnia mendocino Behrens, 1876 . Butterflies and Moths of North America . November 15, 2018.