Hyalophora cecropia the cecropia moth, is North America's largest native moth. It is a member of the family Saturniidae, or giant silk moths hand painted plate from the book Entomology Exotic Moths by Duncan, James, 1804-1861 Volume XXXI of the NATURALIST’S LIBRARY. published 1852

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