Agapema anona

Agapema anona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Agapema
Species:	A. anona
Binomial name
Agapema anona (Ottolengui, 1903)

Agapema anona, commonly known as the greasewood silkmoth or Mexican agapema, is a species of giant silkmoth in the family Saturniidae.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Agapema anona is 7754.1.[4]

Habitat

Agapema anona inhabits southern Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico, spreading into northern Mexico. Habitat has been described as being plains, plateaus, desert foothills, arroyos, and alluvial fans.[5]

Host plants

The larvae of Agapema anona feed on plants in the Condalia genus, mainly the knife-leaf condalia, green snakewood, and javelina bush. The adults, as with all Saturniidae species, do not feed.[5]

Subspecies

Three subspecies belong to the species Agapema anona:[1][2]

• Agapema anona anona (Ottolengui, 1903) 7754.1
• Agapema anona dyari (Cockerell, 1914) 7754.2
• Agapema anona platensis (Peigler & Kendall, 1993) 7754.3

References

1. "Agapema anona Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
2. "Agapema anona Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
3. "Agapema anona Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Agapema anona". Retrieved 2018-03-12.
5. "Mexican agapema Agapema anona | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2022-04-24.

Further reading

• Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 978-0547238487.
• Covell, Charles V. Jr. (2005). A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Special Publication Number 12. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 1-884549-21-7.
• Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society. ISBN 9780665043895.
• Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ISSN 0066-8036. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
• Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
• Kitching, I.; Rougerie, R.; Zwick, A.; Hamilton, C.; et al. (2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6 (6): e22236. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. PMC 5904559. PMID 29674935.
• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
• Powell, Jerry A.; Opler, Paul A. (2009). Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520251977.
• Tuskes, Paul M.; Tuttle, James P.; Collins, Michael M. (1996). The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3130-1.