Imperial Moth

Created By:
Abbot & Smith (Kunkel,J.)

About the Image

Joe Kunkel scanned this moth illustration from a 1797 book in our Libraries Rare Book collection.
The Imperial Moth, Eacles imperialis, illustrated by Abbot & Smith (1797) Vol. 2, p. 109, Fragment of Fig. LV, Great Plane tree moth, on American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis (L.)

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Steven D. Brewer -- sbrewer@bio.umass.edu
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST