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Noun: Automeris io
  1. Large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines
    "The Automeris io's distinctive eyespots serve as a defence mechanism";
    - io moth

Type of: saturniid, saturniid moth

Part of: Automeris, genus Automeris

Encyclopedia: Automeris io