Species
Saturnia mendocino (Mendocino silk moth)
Saturnia mendocino. Photo: (c) Pinnacles National Park, some rights reserved (CC BY)
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Bombycoidea (Hawk, sphinx, silk, emperor, and allied moths)
- Family: Saturniidae (Emperor and giant silk moths)
- Subfamily: Saturniinae (Emperor moths)
- Tribe: Saturniini
- Genus: Saturnia
- Subgenus: Calosaturnia
- Species: Saturnia mendocino (Mendocino silk moth)
- Subgenus: Calosaturnia
- Genus: Saturnia
- Tribe: Saturniini
- Subfamily: Saturniinae (Emperor moths)
- Family: Saturniidae (Emperor and giant silk moths)
- Superfamily: Bombycoidea (Hawk, sphinx, silk, emperor, and allied moths)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Sightings
