Melanistic males of Callosamia promethea (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

TitleMelanistic males of Callosamia promethea (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1985
AuthorsWaldbauer GP, Sternburg J.G
JournalGreat Lakes Entomologist
Volume18
Pagination143-144
KeywordsSATURNIIDAE
Abstract

During the summer of 1983 seven melanistic male promethea moths appeared among several hundred males that emerged from cocoons we were holding in the laboratory. They probably emerged from cocoons that had been reared from stock collected in central Wisconsin but perhaps came from cocoons that had been reared by a dealer in northern Indiana. There were no phenotypically melanistic females among several hundred females that appeared.