Hemileuca slosseri

Hemileuca slosseri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Hemileuca
Species:
H. slosseri
Binomial name
Hemileuca slosseri
Peigler & Stone, 1989

Hemileuca slosseri, the nit-grass moth or Slosser's buckmoth, is a species of moth in the family Saturniidae.[1][2] It was described by Richard S. Peigler and Stephen E. Stone in 1989 and is found in North America.[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Hemileuca slosseri is 7744.4.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Hemileuca slosseri Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. ^ a b "Hemileuca slosseri Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  3. ^ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. ^ "Hemileuca slosseri, Slosser's Buckmoth - Hodges 7744.4". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  • Tuskes, Paul M., James P. Tuttle, and Michael M. Collins (1996). The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada, ix + 250.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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