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Coloradia prchali

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Coloradia prchali
Female specimen of Coloradia prchali
Male specimen of Coloradia prchali.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Coloradia
Species:
C. prchali
Binomial name
Coloradia prchali
Lemaire & M.J. Smith, 1992

Coloradia prchali or Prchal's pinemoth, is a species of hemileucine silkmoth (Saturniidae) from eastern Sonora and western Chihuahua in the Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests.[1] Its habitat includes conifer-oak forest composed of Pinus ponderosa, Pinus engelmannii, Pinus leiophylla, Juniperus deppeana, Quercus arizonica, Quercus grisea and Quercus viminea.

References

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  1. ^ Lemaire, Claude; Smith, Michael J. (1992). "A new species of Coloradia from Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico (Saturniidae: Hemileucinae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 46: 128–137.