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Parasitoids: Imperial moth caterpillars face threats from parasitoid wasps and flies. Insecticides and Pesticides: The use of insecticides and pesticides may harm the imperial moth population. For example, the gypsy moth control program could indirectly affect imperial moths.
Reasons for the decline have been proposed to be the use of pesticide, insecticides, and herbicides in commercial farming, metal halide street lamps, and the introduction of parasitoids in the attempt to control the spongy moth population.
The imperial moth, Eacles imperialis imperialis (Drury, 1773), is one of our largest and most beautiful moths. It is also the most variable in appearance and the most widely distributed of our large eastern United States saturniid moths.
Eacles imperialis, the imperial moth, is a member of the family Saturniidae and subfamily Ceratocampinae. It is found mainly in the East of South America and North America, from the center of Argentina to south Canada. [1] The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
DESCRIPTION: The Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) is a large, colorful saturniid moth. The male has a forewing length of 47-59 mm, while the female is even larger, with a forewing length of 58-68 mm (Tuskes et al. 1996).
25 lut 2002 · PM6 - Safe use of Biological Control; PM7 - Diagnostics; PM8 - Commodity-specific Phytosanitary Measures; PM9 - National Regulatory Control Systems; PM10 - Phytosanitary Treatments; Photos . Acari; ... imperial moth: English: papillon impérial: French: oruga imperial: Spanish: lagarta-da-folhagem: Portuguese (BR) lagarta-dos-cafezais ...
The Imperial Moth ( Eacles imperialis) is a Nearctic member of the family Saturniidae and subfamily Ceratocampinae.
