Hemileuca maia maia
(Drury, 1773) Phalaena Bombyx Maia

Hemileuca maia males showing variability in wing span and white banding,
Hayes Ridge Road, Stewart County, Tennessee,
November 10, 2013, courtesy of Tom Payne.

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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