Tuliptree Silkmoth

Callosamia angulifera

''Callosamia angulifera'', the tuliptree silkmoth or giant silkmoth, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in North America from Massachusetts east through central New York, southern Ontario, and southern Michigan to central Illinois, south to the Florida panhandle and Mississippi.
Callosamia angulifera This is a picture of a Callosamia angulifera at Downs Park in Pasadena, Maryland. Callosamia angulifera,Geotagged,Spring,United States

Appearance

The wingspan is 80–110 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from June to August in the north and two generations with adults on wing from March to April and again in August in the south.

Food

The larvae feed on ''Liriodendron tulipifera''. Adults do not feed.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySaturniidae
GenusCallosamia
SpeciesC. angulifera
Photographed in
United States of America