Eacles oslari, or Oslar's eacles, is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found from the Santa Rita, Patagonia, Atascosa and Huachuca mountains of southern Arizona south into Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua in Mexico. Wings vary from yellow to purple brown. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Ernest J. Oslar in 1907. Oslar was the first entomology curator for the Colorado Museum of Natural History (currently the Denver Museum of Nature & Science). Oslar was employed by Rothchild to provide specimens, and the moth was later named after him.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Oslar's Imperial Moth being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Genus
- Eacles
- Species
- Eacles oslari
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