What is Callosamia promethea?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = Promethea Silkmoth | image = Callosamia promethea.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Female | image2 = Male Promethea Moth, Megan McCarty79.jpg | image2_width = 250px | image2_caption = Male | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | superfamilia = [[Bombycoidea]] | familia = [[Saturniidae]] | subfamilia = [[Saturniinae]] | tribus = [[Attacini]] | genus = ''[[Callosamia]]'' | species = '''''C. promethea''''' | binomial = ''Callosamia promethea'' | binomial_authority = [[Dru Drury|Drury]], [[1773]] }} The '''Promethea Moth''' (''Callosamia promethea'') is a [[species]] of [[moth]]. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Saturniidae]]. It is also known as the '''Promethea Silkmoth''' or the '''Spicebush Silkmoth'''.<ref name=cj>Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005. Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia. {{ISBN|1-884549-21-7}}</ref> ==Description== The male has dark brownish-black [[wing]]s. There is a faint white line that runs down the center of both wings. There is pinkish coloring near the tip of the fore wing (the top wing). The female is bright reddish-pink or a brownish color. Both [[gender]]s have tan colored wing edges. The [[wingspan]] measures 7.5-9.5&nbsp;cm.<ref name=cj/> ==Range== The Promethea Moth is found in the eastern half of the [[United States]]. It is also found in the lower parts of eastern [[Canada]].<ref name=cj/> ==Life cycle== [[Sexual reproduction|Mating]] happens from [[afternoon]] to early [[evening]]. Egg-laying begins at night. Females are [[wikt:attract|attracted]] to lights, but males are not.<ref name=cj/> Females lay 2-12 eggs in a [[wikt:cluster|cluster]] on the host plant (the host plant is the plant that the [[caterpillar]] eats). The yound caterpillars feed together on the underside of leaves. They are greenish yellow and striped with black. The older caterpillars do not feed together. They