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title: "Promethea Silkmoth"
description: "Callosamia promethea — Insecten en spinnen. Callosamia promethea, commonly known as the promethea silkmoth, is a member of the family Saturniidae, which contains approximately 2,300 species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/promethea-silkmoth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Promethea Silkmoth

> Callosamia promethea — Insecten en spinnen. Callosamia promethea, commonly known as the promethea silkmoth, is a member of the family Saturniidae, which contains approximately 2,300 species.

- Scientific name: *Callosamia promethea*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 9866
- Wikidata: [Q1797509](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1797509)
- iNaturalist taxon: [81580](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81580)

## Names

- en: Promethea Silkmoth
- fr: Saturnie du cerisier

## Countries with the most observations

US (6897), CA (1828)

## Summary

Callosamia promethea, commonly known as the promethea silkmoth, is a member of the family Saturniidae, which contains approximately 2,300 species. It is also known as the spicebush silkmoth, which refers to one of the promethea silkmoth's common host plants, spicebush (Lindera benzoin). C. promethea is classified as a silk moth, which stems from its ability to produce silk, which it does in the formation of its cocoon. C. promethea lives in forests in the eastern U.S. and does not damage the trees on which it lives. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.
Callosamia promethea hatches from its eggs and…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callosamia_promethea

## Photo

![Promethea Silkmoth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/promethea-silkmoth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rod · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117161928

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/promethea-silkmoth?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).