Io Moth

Strecker (1872, p.139) described Hyperchiria lilith as a new species based on a series of females from Georgia with more reddish colored forewings (Figure 2). Populations of this color variant are common in the deep Southeast including Florida, and the name “lilith” is still in common usage as a subspecies of Automeris io to designate females with this phenotype and males that have orange-brown forewings.- UF Entemology Department