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If you have additional information regarding flight times (listed below table) or additional species to add, please send email to oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
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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Visit Arizona Catocala: Underwing Moths.
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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."