Hyalophora euryalus  (Ceanothus Silkmoth)

© Libby & Rick Avis (Photo ID #9823)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Port Alberni
Photographer	Libby & Rick Avis
Habitat	CWH xm2 Mix of meadow, farm & coniferous forest
Photo Date	June 04, 2009
Upload Date	December 11, 2009
Elevation (m)	100
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Photo ID #	9823
Comments	Saturniidae - Saturniinae - Hodges # 7770 Ceanothus Silk Moth - "brown" phenotype Note : Absence of horizontal white bands on abdomen. Brown abdomen characteristic of a phenotype of H. euryalus found onVancouver Island. (Comment, D. Bridgehouse, Museum of Nova Scotia. Also ref. Dean Morewood "Occurrence and inheritance of colour pattern dimorphism in adults of H. euryalus" Journal of Ent. Soc. of BC, 2000, Vol 97)