Callosamia promethea

Callosamia promethea
kal-loh-SAY-me-uhmmproh-ME-thee-uh
(Drury, 1773) Phalaena

Callosamia promethea female, October 12, 2009, courtesy of Jeremy Laratro.

The very late season emergence of the female promethea in October is quite a surprise. The cocoon had overwintered from summer of 2008.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Attacini, Blanchard, 1841
Genus:Callosamia, Packard, 1864

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