Anisota

Genus of moths

Anisota
Anisota stigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae
Genus: Anisota
Hübner, [1820]
Synonyms
  • Adelocephala Duponchel, 1841
  • Adelocampa Packard, 1905

Anisota is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. Their caterpillars are known commonly as oakworms. They are defoliators of oaks.[1]

Species

  • Anisota assimilis (Druce, 1886)
  • Anisota consularis Dryar, 1896
  • Anisota dissimilis (Boisduval, 1872)
  • Anisota finlaysoni Riotte, 1969
  • Anisota kendallorum Lemaire, 1988
  • Anisota leucostygma (Boisduval, 1872)
  • Anisota manitobensis McDunnough, 1921
  • Anisota oslari Rothschild, 1907 - Oslar's oakworm moth
  • Anisota peigleri Riotte, 1975 - yellowstriped oakworm
  • Anisota punctata Riotte & Peigler, 1982
  • Anisota senatoria (Smith, 1797) - orangestriped oakworm
  • Anisota stigma (Fabricius, 1775) - spiny oakworm moth
  • Anisota virginiensis (Drury, 1773) - pink-striped oakworm moth

References

  1. ^ Burke, Joel T.; Peigler, Richard S. (2009). "Phylogenetic Analysis of Anisota (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Based on Scolus Size and Structure of Mature Larvae". Southeastern Naturalist. 8 (4): 739–745. doi:10.1656/058.008.0415. JSTOR 25599368.
  • Savela, Markku. "Anisota Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Anisota
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