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Automeris louisiana  Ferguson and Brou, 1981
Taxonomic Serial No.: 936160

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Common Name(s): Louisiana Eyed Silkmoth [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyBombycoidea   
                                     FamilySaturniidae Boisduval, 1837 – giant silkworm moths, royal moths  
                                        SubfamilyHemileucinae Walker, 1855  
                                           TribeHemileucini Walker, 1855  
                                              GenusAutomeris Hübner, 1819  
                                                 SpeciesAutomeris louisiana Ferguson and Brou, 1981 – Louisiana Eyed Silkmoth  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tuskes, Paul M., James P. Tuttle, and Michael M. Collins  
  Publication Date: 1996   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada   
  Page(s): ix + 250   
  Publisher: Cornell University Press   
  Publication Place: Ithaca, New York, United States   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8014-3130-1   
  Notes: drawings by Margaret A. Tuttle   
  Reference for: Automeris louisiana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Partial 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List 404 Species in the Southeastern United States as Endangered or Threatened With Critical Habitat   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 76, no. 187   
  Page(s): 59836-59862   
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  Reference for: Automeris louisiana, Louisiana Eyed Silkmoth [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: US ESA: Petition to list as threatened or endangered substantial and initiating status review according to 90-day petition finding, as published in Federal Register Volume 76, Number 187, Pages 59836 - 59862, September 27, 2011  
 

 

    

 
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