''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
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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, southern
Ontario, and southern
Michigan to central
Illinois, south to the
Florida panhandle
The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a Salient (geography), salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia (U. ...
and
Mississippi.
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.
The larvae feed on ''
Liriodendron tulipifera
''Liriodendron tulipifera''—known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, and yellow-poplar—is the North American representative of the two-species genus ''Liriodendron'' (the other ...
''. Adults do not feed.
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''Silkmoths''
Saturniinae
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1855
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