Moth Photographers Group – Hemileuca hera – 7741

Saturniidae

890054 – 7741   Hemileuca hera (Harris, 1841)

Hera Buckmoth

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© Dwaine Wagoner

Distribution:	Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	• Saturnia hera Harris, 1841 • Hera chrysocarena Harris, 1869 • Hemileuca pica Walker, 1855 • Pseudohazis marcata Neumögen, 1891 • Pseudohazis gunderi Hill, 1924
Taxonomic Notes:	Hemileuca hera (Harris, 1841) includes as a subspecies 7742 Hemileuca magnifica in Pohl et al. (2016) following Tuskes et al. (1996). Both H. h. magnifica and H. h. marcata continue to be treated as full species by some authors.

References

• Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
• Ferguson, D. C., 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2a: p. 134; pl. 9.4-12. order or free PDF
• Lemaire, C., 2002. Hemileucinae. The Saturniidae of America (3 volume set), 4: 1,388 pages.
• Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 36.6m; p. 240. Book Review and ordering
• Species Page at BugGuide.Net
• Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
• Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
• Species page at Moths of North Dakota.
• Tuskes, P.M., J.P. Tuttle, M.M. Collins, 1996. The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY & London, UK, available in Books to Borrow at Internet Archive.

© Matthew Priebe
© Betsy Higgins
© Hartmut Wisch
65mm – © Jim Vargo
- 60mm - CO – © Ken Osborne
- 74mm - OR - ssp. marcata – © Ken Osborne