Moths of the Past - Eastern North American Buck Moths (Hemileuca, Saturniidae) - Paperback

by John F. Cryan (Author), Robert Dirig (Author)

The authors describe the BOG BUCK MOTH (Hemileuca iroquois), Saturniidae, a rare Semispecies that occurs in alkaline fens on the eastern edge of Lake Ontario in New York, USA, and Ontario, Canada. They discuss its evolution, biogeography, life history, and relevance to historical scientific work of Linnaeus, Darwin, and Einstein.