Buck Moth

Buck Moth

Taxobox
name = Buck Moth


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Bombycoidea
familia = Saturniidae
subfamilia = Saturniinae
genus = "Hemileuca"
species = "H. maia"
binomial = "Hemileuca maia"
binomial_authority = Drury, 1773

The Buck Moth ("Hemileuca maia" [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=65631.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dmaia%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dmaia%26recLimit%3d30 Card for "maia" in LepIndex. Accessed 22 September 2007.] ] ) is a rare pine barrens insect that always has portion of its population remaining underground in the pupal stage. If adults, caterpillars and eggs are destroyed by fire, the Buck Moth population is re-established by the underground colony. It has a wider range, however, being quite common in Louisiana. Its larvae bear large spines that can cause a painful irritation upon contact.

Cited references

External links

*aut|Beccaloni, G. W., aut|Scoble, M. J., aut|Robinson, G. S. & aut|Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex] (accessed 22 September 2007).

* forestpests.org page on [http://www.forestpests.org/subject.html?SUB=154 "Buck moth"]


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