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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Royal Moths (Ceratocampinae) » Anisota » peigleri/senatoria group  (Anisota peigleri/senatoria group ) » Orange-tipped oakworm moth - Hodges#7719 (Anisota senatoria)
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Anisota species - Anisota senatoria
Copyright © 2014 Tom

Anisota species - Anisota senatoria
Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
August 25, 2014
Thoughts on whether this is A. peigleri or A. senatoria? I'm leaning toward A. peigleri - I really don't see any orange, and it looks pretty spikey.
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Contributed by Tom on 27 August, 2014 - 7:31pm
Last updated 27 August, 2014 - 8:34pm

Moved-Anisota
Moved from ID Request.

I'm determining this individual as Anisota senatoria and not A. peigleri for a couple reasons:
1)Coastal plain locale in MD is not known to support A. peigleri (as far as I know), though A. senatoria is present
2)Though the spines are rather pronounced, I've seen A. senatoria from southern PA that were quite spikey


There may be some integration in the midatlantic and A. peigleri is a somewhat poorly understood taxon so what you have here and what I see in southern PA may in fact be different from northern, shorter spined, more orange-striped A. senatoria.
… Ryan St Laurent, 27 August, 2014 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
What made you decide on A. senatoria?
… Tom, 27 August, 2014 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

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