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LEPIDOPTERA 495
white, and red and with an expanse of 50--65 mm., is an example of many
species of this genus. The adults are swift.fiying day moths that appear in
late summer and fall. The spined larvre feed on wild cherry, hazel, oak, willow.
FIG. 163. The Atlas moth, Attacus atlas (Linn.), male and female. This giant moth may attain
a wing expanse of 10 or more inches. It is indigenous to Southern Asia and Malaysia.
and other deciduous shrubs and trees and often do conside;able damage as
defoliators in North America east of t4e Roclcy Mountains. The pandora moth,
Coloradia pandora Blake, is a most interesting species. The adults are gray