Antheraea oculea — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Saturniidae/Antheraea

At a glance

Occurrence records498

Data sources3

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Antheraea oculea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility498 records↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page2 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF498 records

01Narrative

Antheraea oculea, known generally as the western Polyphemus moth or Arizona Polyphemus moth, is a species of silkmoth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Central America and North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Antheraea oculea is 7757.1.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type498 records

Wild obs. + sensor418

Museum / vouchered80

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 204 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 207≤1 km 43≤10 km 37>10 km 26

313 georeferenced · 105 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor418

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy38% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 11≤10 km 29>10 km 3

52 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence80

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 15 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record	18
New Haven, US	17
East Lansing, US	13
University of Alabamalocation not on record	10
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record	4
San Francisco, US	3
München, DE	3
Philadelphia, US	2
Mississippi State, US	2
Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM)location not on record	2
Albuquerque, US	2
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record	1
UDlocation not on record	1
University of California, Davislocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 80 of 80 vouchered records shown