Eacles

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Ceratocampinae
Genus: Eacles
Species: E. acuta – E. adoxa – E. alinae – E. ambicolor – E. barragani – E. barnesi – E. bertrandi – E. camposportoi – E. cuscoensis – E. ducalis – E. fairchildi – E. fulvaster – E. guianensis – E. guinlei – E. imperialis – E. johnsoniella – E. kaechi – E. lauroi – E. lemairei – E. manuelita – E. masoni – E. mayi – E. ormondei – E. oslari – E. paraadoxa – E. penelope – E. silkae – E. tyrannus
Name

Eacles Hübner, 1819

Type species: Phalaena imperialis Drury, 1773
Synonyms

Ceracampa Kirby & Spence, 1828
Basilona Boisduval, 1868
Crenudia Burmeister, 1880

References

Brechlin, R. 2017K. Eacles johnsoniella Oiticica Filho & Michener, 1950 stat. rev., eine zuletzt verkannte Sáturniide (Lepidoptera) aus Kolumbien. Entomo-satsphingia 10(3): 32–33. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Käch, H. (2015): Two new species of the genus Eacles Hübner, 1819 ["1816"] from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Entomo-Satsphingia 8(3): 16–19
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2009c.Two new species of the genus Eacles Hübner 1819 [1816] (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 2(2): 8–10. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F., 2011e: Four new taxa of the genus Eacles Hübner, 1819 [1816] (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia, 4(2): 94–99. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2011g. Fifty new taxa of Ceratocampinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 4(3): 5–58. Reference page.
Lemaire, C., 1971: Description d’Attacidae (= Saturniidae) nouveaux d’Amerique centrale et du Sud (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 114: 141–162.
Lemaire, C., 1972: Description d’Attacidae (= Saturniidae) nouveaux du Venezuela et du Pérou [Lep.]. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 77: 29–41.
Lemaire, C., 1975: Description de neuf Attacidae sud-américains (Lep.) (suite et fin). Lambillionea, 75 (9/10): 72–80.
Schaus, W. 1905. Descriptions of new South American moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29(1420): 179-345. full aticle BHL. Reference page.
Siewert, R.R., Silva, E.J.E. & Mielke, C.G.C. 2010. Saturniidae from Santa Catarina State, Brazil, with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 30(4): 215–220. Reference page.
St Laurent, R.A., Mielke, C.G.C. & Naumann, S. 2015. Notes on the genus Eacles Hübner, [1819] in Brazil with descriptions of the females of Eacles bertrandi Lemaire, 1981 and Eacles mayi Schaus, 1920 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Ceratocampinae). Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 36(4): 196-207. Reference page.

Eacles is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. They are native to the Americas. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.[1]
Species

The genus includes the following species:

Eacles acuta Schaus, 1905
Eacles adoxa Jordan, 1910
Eacles barnesi Schaus, 1905
Eacles bertrandi Lemaire, 1981
Eacles callopteris W. Rothschild, 1907
Eacles camposportoi Mendes, 1937
Eacles canaima Feige, 1971
Eacles cuscoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Eacles ducalis Walker, 1855
Eacles fairchildi May & Oiticica, 1941
Eacles guianensis Schaus, 1905
Eacles imperialis (Drury, 1773)
Eacles kaechi (Brechlin & Meister, 2011)
Eacles lauroi Oiticica, 1938
Eacles lemairei Rego Barros & Tangerini, 1973
Eacles magnifica Walker, 1855
Eacles manuelita Oiticica, 1941
Eacles masoni Schaus, 1896
Eacles mayi Schaus, 1920
Eacles ormondei Schaus, 1889
Eacles oslari Rothschild, 1907
Eacles paraadoxa Brechlin & Meister, 2009
Eacles penelope (Cramer, 1775)
Eacles silkae (Brechlin & Meister, 2011)

References

Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life: Saturniidae.