Saturniidae of Arizona


Citheronia splendens sinaloensis female, copyright protected, courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.

The following Saturniidae are found in Arizona. They are grouped into respective subfamilies and tribes.

Clicking on a scientific name will take you to a page with pictures and information.

If you have additional information regarding flight times (listed below table) or additional species to add, please send email to oehlkew@islandtelecom.com

Ceratocampinae

Adeloneivaia isara
Anisota oslari
C. spl. sinaloensis
E. imp. oslari
Sphing. albolineata
Sphing. hubbardi

Sphing. montana
Sphing. raspa













Hemileucinae

A. c. pamina
A. hesselorum
A. patagoniensis
Automeris randa
Coloradia doris
Coloradia luski
Col. pandora davisi
Hemileuca burnsi
Hemi. eglanterina
H. electra clio
H. e. mojavensis
Hemileuca griffini
H. grotei diana
H. hera magnifica
Hemi. hualapai
Hemileuca juno
H. neumoegeni
Hemi. nevadensis
Hemileuca stonei
Hemileuca tricolor
Hylesia coinopus

Saturniinae: Attacini

Eupack. calleta
H. columbia gloveri
Rothschildia cincta



















Saturniinae: Saturniini

Agap. a. anona
Agap. homogena
Antheraea oculea


















Adeloneivaia isara: July, Peloncillo Mountains in southeastern Arizona, extremely rare straggler, SE Cochise County

Agapema anona anona; late July-December; extreme southwest

Agapema homogena: May-July

Anisota oslari: July-October; possibly two broods; southeastern 1/10, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham, Greenler

Antheraea oculea: late May-early August

Automeris cecrops pamina: May-August

Automeris iris hesselorum: late July-early August; extreme south

Automeris patagoniensis: late July-early August; extreme south

Automeirs randa: July; extreme southeast

Citheronia splendens sinaloensis: late July-early September; extreme southeast, Santa Cruz, southern Cochise County

Coloradia doris: May; northeastern 2/5

Coloradia luski: June-July-early August; eastern 1/3

Coloradia pandora davisi: late July-August; eastern 1/3, except northeast

Eacles (imperialis) oslari: July-August; elevated to full species status; extreme southeast, Santa Cruz, southern Cochise County

Eupackardia calleta: July

Hemileuca burnsi: August-early Novembernorthwestern 1/6

Hemileuca electra clio: September-October; westcentral 1/10

Hemileuca electra mojavensis: September-October; extreme northwest

Hemileuca eglanterina: July

Hemileuca grotei diana: September-Octobercentral 1/5y

Hemileuca griffini: september-October; north

Hemileuca hera magnifica: August-September

Hemileuca hualapai: early April-mid May; extreme southeast, Santa Cruz County

Hemileuca juno: November; southern 1/2

Hemileuca neumoegeni: Septembernorthern 1/3

Hemileuca nevadensis: September-November; northeastern 1/3

Hemileuca stonei: October-mid November; southeastern 1/15

Hemileuca tricolor: February-March (Russell Witkop); southern 1/3

Hyalophora columbia gloveri: late March-late July

Hylesia coinopus: rare stray into south

Rothschildia cincta: July-August

Sphingicampa albolineata: July-August

Sphingicampa hubbardi: July-August; southwestern half, except extreme west

Sphingicampa montana: July-August; , extreme south, Santa Cruz

Sphingicampa raspa: July-August; , extreme south, Santa Cruz

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Matt Curtis writes (April 19), "I thought I’d just send you a quick field note on Hyalophera c. gloveri. A friend in Payson, Arizona, put out a trap with a female on March 25 about 6 miles out of Payson and attracted 86 males in one night. He went out of town for a trip and left his trap and cocoons with me to try out, and, sure enough, I put it out 9 miles west of Prescott on April 5 and attracted 52 males. On April 7 my wife and I went camping a couple of miles from the first location and used the female and lights to see what showed up. No saturnids showed until 2:45AM, then males arrived steadily until after sunrise, approximately 50. Temperatures were between 46-50F. This is the same area where I collected Hemileuca diana last October and found Hemileuca neumogeni egg rings in January. I sent a couple of photos last fall of this area. It is around 5450’ elevation in rolling hills covered with Cercocarpus, Q. turbinella and Q. emoryi, Rhus trilobata, Ceanothus greggii, acacia, and manzanita, with scattered pinyon pine-juniper."

Evan Rand writes August 21, 2008, "I thought you might be interested because it's been a very good year for saturniids and a decent year for sphingids in Arizona. I managed to find 14/15 of the summer flying moths in SE Arizona: Agapema homogena, Anisota oslari, Antherea oculea, Automeris cecrops pamina, Automeris iris, Automeris patagoniensis, Citheronia splendens, Eacles oslari, Eupackardia calleta, Hyalophora columbia gloveri, Rothschildia cincta, Sphingicampa hubbardi, Sphingicampa montana, Sphingicampa raspa."