Anisota

Anisota
Anisota stigma
Scientific 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.

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Anisota Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2018.