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Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	• Phalaena maia Drury, 1773 • Hemileuca lintneri Cockerell, 1914 • Bombyx proserpina Fabricius, 1775 • Hemileuca maia maia Drury, 1773 • Hemileuca maia sandra Pavulaan, 2020 • Hemileuca maia warreni Pavulaan, 2020 • Hemileuca maia orleans Pavulaan, 2020
Taxonomic Notes:	Hemileuca maia (Drury, 1773) is treated as a species complex composed of several subspecies in Pavulaan (2020). The nominate subspecies, H. m. maia, "Coastal Barrens Buckmoth", is confined to eastern MA, RI and Long Island, NY.

References

• Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
• Cryan, J. F. & R. Dirig, 2020. Moths of the past: Eastern North American buck moths (Hemileuca, Saturniidae), with notes on their origin, evolution, and biogeography. Pine Bush Historic Preservation Project Occasional Publication, 2: 44.
• Ferguson, D. C., 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.2a: p. 115; pl. 8.6-8. order or free PDF
• Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
• Pavulaan, H., 2020. A phenotypic comparison of regional populations of Hemileuca maia (Drury, 1773) with designations of new subspecies (Bombycoidea, Saturniidae, Hemileucinae). Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(5): 1-16.
• Species Page at BugGuide.Net
• Species Page at Mass Moths