Eacles oslari

Eacles oslari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Eacles
Species: E. oslari
Binomial name
Eacles oslari
Rothschild, 1907

Oslar's Eacles (Eacles oslari) is a moth of the Saturniidae family. It is found from the Santa Rita, Patagonia, Atascosa and Huachuca mountains of southern Arizona south into Sonora, Sinaloa and Chihuahua in Mexico.

The wingspan 112–146 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on Quercus oblongifolia, Quercus emoryi and Sapindus saponaria drummondii.

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