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Columbia Silkmoth

Hyalophora columbia

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2 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Columbia Silkmoth
Hyalophora columbia Beautiful Columbia Silk Moth! - Hyalophora columbia - BugGuide.Net
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Bill Reynolds
Bill Reynolds 11 years ago
Glover's Silk Moth
Hyalophora gloveri (syn. H. columbia gloveri) Subspecies Hyalophora columbia gloveri - Glover's Silkmoth - Hodges#7769 - BugGuide.Net


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5 Comments

Bill Reynolds
Bill Reynolds 11 years ago

Hyalophora gloveri was synonymized with H. columbia a few years back; however, recent information has come to light supporting distinct species status for gloveri.

Populations from this complex along the Rockies belong to the taxon "gloveri"

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Very pretty

AdamBrown
AdamBrown 11 years ago

Sup Jeremy! nice moth!

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KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Wow!

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

espectacular polilla bella

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JeremiahJackson
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JeremiahJackson

Golden, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Apr 25, 2012
Submitted on Apr 25, 2012

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