Species

Eupackardia

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Eupackardia." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/eupackardia.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Eupackardia. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/eupackardia

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@misc{natureatlas-eupackardia,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Eupackardia},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/species/eupackardia},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Eupackardia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae, erected by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1912. Its only species, Eupackardia calleta, the calleta silkmoth, was described by John O. Westwood in 1853 and is found in Mexico and Guatemala as well as the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

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