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Species Anisota stigma - Spiny Oakworm Moth - Hodges#7716

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea
Family Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)
Subfamily Ceratocampinae (Royal Moths)
Genus Anisota
Species stigma (Spiny Oakworm Moth - Hodges#7716)
Hodges Number
7716
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anisota fuscosa
Size
wingspan about 45 mm, based on Moth Photographers Group specimen
Range
Massachusetts and south Ontario to Florida, west to Minnesota, Kansas, and Texas(1)
Food
Caterpillars: Oak; also reported from hazel and basswood.(2)
Remarks
Spiny Oakworm has declined in the Northeast.(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group pinned adult specimen
Moth Photographers Group living adult specimen
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
By Charles V. Covell, Jr.
2.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
By David L. Wagner
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, anitagould, Abigail Parker
Last updated 9 October, 2009 - 9:26am

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