Hemileuca maia maia
(Drury, 1773) Phalaena Bombyx Maia

Hemileuca maia female, depositing and egg ring, New Jersey, October 15, 2009, courtesy of Mark Lasko.

Hemileuca maia female, depositing and egg ring, New Jersey, October 15, 2009, courtesy of Mark Lasko.

TAXONOMY: Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834 Subfamily: Hemileucinae, Grote & Robinson, 1866 Tribe: Hemileucini, Grote & Robinson, 1866 Genus: Hemileuca, Walker, 1855

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