Range
Imperial moths (their many regional morphs, subspecies, and sibling species) range from Mexico to Canada and from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast. Nominate Eacles imperialis imperialis has been recorded historically from New England and southern Canada, south to the Gulf Of Mexico and west across the Great Plains. In modern times, its range has receded northward (where it was always a good find); it is considered common south of the Mason-Dixon line. Subspecies E. i. pini occurs in coniferous and transition zone woodlands at the northern edges of the New England and Great Lakes States and northward into Canada. In the southwest, closely related E. oslari replaces imperialis, and thence southward into Mexico.
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