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    Hyalophora cecropia, the cecropia moth, is North America's largest native moth. It is a member of the family Saturniidae, or giant silk moths. Females...
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    Hyalophora is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841. Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus...
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    including the arctiid moth Hypercompe icasia; the Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia) is a North American species, however, thus allopatric with the plant...
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  • Sorceress XV Cecropia or Kekropia (Κεκροπία), an old name for the Acropolis of Athens Cecropia moth, the North American moth species Hyalophora cecropia Apis...
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    and pale swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon) butterflies and the cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia), promethea (Callosamia promethea), polyphemus (Antheraea polyphemus)...
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    much more difficult to breed than other American saturniids such as Hyalophora cecropia, Callosamia promethea, or Actias luna. Kept in a cage, the male and...
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    antimicrobial peptides. They were first isolated from the hemolymph of Hyalophora cecropia, whence the term cecropin was derived. Cecropins lyse bacterial cell...
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    against Gram-negative bacteria. Attacin was first discovered in Hyalophora cecropia, but is widely conserved in different insects from butterflies to...
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    purple/white admiral (Limenitis arthemis) butterflies and the cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia), promethea (Callosamia promethea), polyphemus (Antheraea polyphemus)...
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    butterflies). It was first discovered in immune-challenged pupae of Hyalophora cecropia and Manduca sexta. Hemolin has a horseshoe crystal structure with...
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  • Structural similarities to the antimicrobial peptide cecropin A from Hyalophora cecropia suggest that it may function in a similar manner by disrupting the...
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    cherry gall azure (Celastrina serotina) butterflies and the cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia), promethea (Callosamia promethea), polyphemus (Antheraea polyphemus)...
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    Aurivillius. G. rufobrunnea feeds on the mopane tree in southern Africa. Hyalophora cecropia – North American. The quality of the silk depends on the moth's food...
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    synthesised cecropin B gene, usually found in the giant silk moth (Hyalophora cecropia), has been introduced into tomato plants and in vivo studies show...
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    most important domesticated silk moths. Top to bottom: Bombyx mori, Hyalophora cecropia, Antheraea pernyi, Samia cynthia. From Meyers Konversations-Lexikon...
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  • endocrine control of the development of the giant American silkworm Hyalophora cecropia, introducing carbon dioxide as a surgical anesthetic. He showed that...
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  • CARBONIC ANHYDRASE ACTIVITY DURING THE LARVAL-PUPAL TRANSFORMATION OF HYALOPHORA CECROPIA REARED ON FOLIAGE AND SYNTHETIC DIET: EFFECTS OF POTASSIUM AND CHLORIDE...
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  • Luna moth, Actias luna Polyphemus moth, Antheraea polyphemus Cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia Promethia moth, Callosamia promethea Tulip tree moth, Callosamia...
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  • Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus, 1758)-NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB Hyalophora columbia (Smith, 1865)-NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC Hyalophora euryalus...
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  • silkmoth, Callosamia promethea Columbia silkmoth, Hyalophora columbia Cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia Tantalus sphinx, Aellopos tantalus Nessus sphinx...
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    hormones and vitamin B12 to keep Luna moths (Actias luna) and cecropia moths (Hyalophora cecropia) in the larval stage an instar longer than normal, resulting...
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  • in eclosion. Truman demonstrated that eclosion rhythms persist in Hyalophora cecropia moths that have had their compound eyes, corpora cardiaca, and corpora...
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    moth) (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) Caligula simla (Westwood, 1847) Hyalophora cecropia (cecropia moth) (Linnaeus, 1758) Opodiphthera eucalypti (emperor gum moth)...
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  • hemolymph (insect blood). His eventual choice was the Cecropia silk moth (Hyalophora cecropia). In 1981, Boman's group published the protein structure...
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    interaction trap screen when it was found to physically interact with Hyalophora cecropia Hemolin. After subsequent cloning and sequencing experiments Yippee...
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  • Attacus atlas Phalaena hesperus – Rothschildia hesperus Phalaena cecropiaHyalophora cecropia Phalaena paphia – Antheraea paphia Phalaena luna – Actias luna...
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  • Hyalophora cecropia, cecropia moth 7768 – Hyalophora columbia, Columbia silkmoth 7769 – Hyalophora gloveri, Glover's silkmoth 7770 – Hyalophora euryalus...
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    the fat body and this production can be stimulated by exogenous JH in Hyalophora pupae, a stage devoid of JHE activity. Stimulation of JHE activity by...
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