Definition of Hyalophora

1. Noun. American silkworm moth.

Exact synonyms: Genus Hyalophora
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Saturniidae, Saturniidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyalophora

Hyacinthoides nonscripta
Hyacinthus
Hyacinthus candicans
Hyacinthus orientalis
Hyacinthus orientalis albulus
Hyades
Hyaena brunnea
Hyaena hyaena
Hyaenidae
Hyalomma
Hyalomma anatolicum
Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum
Hyalomma marginatum
Hyalomma truncatum
Hyalomma variegatum
Hyalophora
Hyalophora cecropia
Hyalospongiae
Hyazyme
Hybanthus
Hyblaean
Hyblean
HycI protease
Hydatigera taeniaeformis
Hyde
Hyde's disease
Hyde Park
Hyderabad
Hyderabadi

Literary usage of Hyalophora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plant Vectors: Bibliography January by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"The gene was expressed in recombinant-infected last instar larvae of Trichoplusia ni and in diapausing pupae of hyalophora cecropia. ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Research on the juvenile hormone began in 1962 at the University of Wisconsin,where the hormone was extracted from the abdomens of adult male hyalophora ..."

3. The Entomologist by British Trust for Entomology, Royal Entomological Society of London (1840)
"hyalophora Cecropia, Linnaeus. N. America. p. 132. PI. xi. „ Promethea, Drury. Ditto. p. 134. PI. xii. Saturnia Isis, Westw. maja, Klug. ? p. 138. PI. xiii. ..."

4. A Geography of Pennsylvania: Containing an Account of the History by Charles B. Trego (1843)
"hyalophora cecropia, a very large nocturnal species, measures six inches in the extent Of the Hemiptera, or bug tribe, we will only mention one species, ..."

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