Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer, 1776)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Saturniidae → subfamily Saturniinae → tribe Saturniini → genus Antheraea → subgenus Thelea → species Antheraea polyphemus

Species name(s)

Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer, 1776) = Phalaena polyphemus Cramer, [1775] = polypheme (Hübner, 1819) = flava (Grote, 1903) = fumosus (Wurster, 1930) = wilfriedi (Sageder, 1933) = brunnea (Sageder, 1933) = nigra (Schüssler, 1936) = albida (Bouvier, 1936) = intermedia (Bouvier, 1936) = fenestra Linnaeus, 1758 = Telea polyphemus Cramer, 1776. [9, 85, 186]

Polyphemus Moth.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15105

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Nearctic.

Primary colors

Orange, Yellow, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Area - United States, Canada, south, while in the southern parts of the range gives two generations, in the northern - one. [15].
Range — USA, southern Canada. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

There are varieties of wings different color (yellow to red-brown). [15].
There are varieties that differ in the color of the wings (from yellow to red-brown). [85].

Imago lifespan

In the southern parts of its range, it produces two generations, while in the northern parts it produces one. [85].

Subspecies of Antheraea polyphemus

Antheraea polyphemus mexicana Hoffman, 1942. [9]
A. p. oculea (Neumoegen, 1883). [9]
A. p. olivacea (Cockerell, 1914). [9]
A. p. tuxtlasensis Balcazár & Vázquez, 1994. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Colin Hutton, Denis Tumanov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[15] Ландман В. Бабочки. Иллюстрированная энциклопедия. М.: Лабиринт Пресс, 2002
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[186] Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov