Taxon profile

species

Io moth
Automeris io (Fabricius, 1775)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Arthropoda - arthropods » class Insecta - insects » order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths » family Saturniidae - emperor moths » genus Automeris - Silkmoth

Scientific synonyms

Bombyx io Fabricius, 1775 ^o
Antheraea io (Fabricius, 1775)
Automeris argus Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893
Automeris caeca Igel, 1928
Automeris lutheri Cockerell, 1914
Automeris packardi Schüssler
Hyperchiria varia Walker, 1855

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male

Author: Lubomír Klátil

Automeris io io

Author: Patrick Coin

female

Author: Lubomír Klátil

female

Author: Lubomír Klátil

male

Author: Jiří Hvězda

male

Author: Jiří Hvězda

female

Author: Jiří Hvězda

female

Author: Jiří Hvězda

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Taxon in country check-lists^*

North America: Canada, Mexico, United States of America

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Included taxa

Number of records: 7

subspecies Automeris io coloradensis Cockerell, 1914

subspecies Automeris io draudtiana Lemaire, 1973

subspecies Automeris io io (Fabricius, 1775)

subspecies Automeris io lilith Strecker, 1877

subspecies Automeris io neomexicana Barnes & Benjamin, 1922

subspecies Automeris io potosiana Brechlin, Meister & van Schayck, 2011

subspecies Automeris io texana Barnes & Benjamin, 1922

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