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Hyalophora cecropia. Hyalophora cecropia, the cecropia moth, is North America's largest native moth. [1] It is a member of the family Saturniidae, or giant silk moths. Females have been documented with a wingspan of five to seven inches (13 to 18 cm) or more. These moths can be found all across North America as far west as Washington and north ...
Cecropia. Loefl. Cecropia is a Neotropical genus consisting of 61 recognized species with a highly distinctive lineage of dioecious trees. [1] The genus consists of pioneer trees in the more or less humid parts of the Neotropics, with the majority of the species being myrmecophytic. [2] Berg and Rosselli state that the genus is characterized by ...
Most species do not eat fabrics, and some moth adults do not even eat at all. Some, like the Luna , Polyphemus , Atlas , Promethea , cecropia , and other large moths do not have mouth parts. This is possible because they live off the food stores from when they were a caterpillar, and only live a short time as an adult (roughly a week for some ...
A. luna. Binomial name. Actias luna. (Linnaeus, 1758) Mounted specimen. The luna moth (Actias luna), also called the American moon moth, is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly named the giant silk moths. The moth has lime-green wings and a white body. Its caterpillars are also green.
Tribe: Attacini. Genus: Hyalophora. Duncan [& Westwood], 1841. Synonyms. Platysamia Grote, 1865. Hyalophora is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. [1] The genus was erected by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841.
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Cecropia moth at Mammoth Hot Springs; Neal Herbert; May 2015; Catalog #20100d; Original #ndh-yell-8088: Date: 23 May 2015, 18:41: Source: Cecropia moth, Mammoth Hot Springs: Author: Yellowstone National Park from Yellowstone NP, USA
Cecropins are small proteins anywhere from 31 - 37 amino acids long and are active against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Cecropins isolated from insects other than Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth) have been given various names, such as bactericidin, lepidopterin, and sarcotoxin. All of these peptides are structurally related.