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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{one source|date=July 2017}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = imperial-moth-camouflaged-with-leaf.jpg
| image_caption = [[Imperial moth]] (''Eacles imperialis''), naturally camouflaged to look like leaf litter, shown with a nearly identical [[yellow poplar]] leaf
| taxon = Eacles
| authority = [[Jacob Hübner|Hübner]], 1819
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms =
*''Ceracampa'' <small>Kirby & Spence, 1828</small>
*''Basilona'' <small>Boisduval, 1868</small>
*''Crenudia'' <small>Burmeister, 1880</small>
}}
'''''Eacles''''' is a genus of [[moth]]s in the family [[Saturniidae]]. They are native to the [[Americas]]. The genus was erected by [[Jacob Hübner]] in 1819.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rougerie |first1=R. |last2=Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists |name-list-style=amp |date=2009 |url=http://www.lepbarcoding.org/saturnidae/species_checklists.php |title=Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World |website=Lepidoptera Barcode of Life: Saturniidae}}</ref>
==Species==
The genus includes the following species:
*''[[Eacles acuta]]'' <small>Schaus, 1905</small>
*''[[Eacles adoxa]]'' <small>Jordan, 1910</small>
*''[[Eacles barnesi]]'' <small>Schaus, 1905</small>
*''[[Eacles bertrandi]]'' <small>Lemaire, 1981</small>
*''[[Eacles callopteris]]'' <small>W. Rothschild, 1907</small>
*''[[Eacles camposportoi]]'' <small>Mendes, 1937</small>
*''[[Eacles canaima]]'' <small>Feige, 1971</small>
*''[[Eacles cuscoensis]]'' <small>Brechlin & Meister, 2009</small>
*''[[Eacles ducalis]]'' <small>Walker, 1855</small>
*''[[Eacles fairchildi]]'' <small>May & Oiticica, 1941</small>
*''[[Eacles guianensis]]'' <small>Schaus, 1905</small>
*''[[Eacles imperialis]]'' <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
*''[[Eacles kaechi]]'' <small>(Brechlin & Meister, 2011)</small>
*''[[Eacles lauroi]]'' <small>Oiticica, 1938</small>
*''[[Eacles lemairei]]'' <small>Rego Barros & Tangerini, 1973</small>
*''[[Eacles magnifica]]'' <small>Walker, 1855</small>
*''[[Eacles manuelita]]'' <small>Oiticica, 1941</small>
*''[[Eacles masoni]]'' <small>Schaus, 1896</small>
*''[[Eacles mayi]]'' <small>Schaus, 1920</small>
*''[[Eacles ormondei]]'' <small>Schaus, 1889</small>
*''[[Eacles oslari]]'' <small>Rothschild, 1907</small>
*''[[Eacles paraadoxa]]'' <small>Brechlin & Meister, 2009</small>
*''[[Eacles penelope]]'' <small>(Cramer, 1775)</small>
*''[[Eacles silkae]]'' <small>(Brechlin & Meister, 2011)</small>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Eacles adoxa mounted.jpg|''E. adoxa'' male
File:Eacles barnesi male sjh.jpg|''E. barnesi'' male
File:Eacles imperialis - USA - 2008 (5423047216).jpg|''E. imperialis'' male
File:Eacles imperialis cacicus female.jpg|''E. imperialis cacicus'' female
File:Eacles masoni male sjh.jpg|''E. masoni'' male
File:Eacles masoni female sjh.jpg|''E. masoni'' female
File:Eacles ormondei mounted.jpg|''E. ormondei'' male
File:Eacles oslari male mounted.jpg|''E. oslari'' male
File:Eacles oslari female.jpg|''E. oslari'' female
File:Eacles penelope male.jpg|''E. penelope'' male
File:Eacles penelope female sjh.jpg|''E. penelope'' female
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Ceratocampinae]]
[[Category:Bombycoidea genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner]]
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