Biology:Automeris zugana

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Short description: Species of moth

Automeris zugana
Automeris zugana.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Automeris
Species:
A. zugana
Binomial name
Automeris zugana
H. Druce, 1886

Automeris zugana is a moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1886. It is found from Panama[1] to western Ecuador. The habitat consists of hyperhumid tropical rain forests at altitudes between 60 and 1,400 meters.[2]

The larvae feed on Quercus and Salix species.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2422251 entry