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Oakworm Moth - Anisota virginiensis - male
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Oakworm Moth - Anisota virginiensis - Male
Okefenokee Swamp, near Folkston, Georgia, USA
March 28, 2003

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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:57pm
Last updated 27 February, 2009 - 10:46am

Moved
Moved from Anisota.
… Jason D. Roberts, 27 February, 2009 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

A. virginiensis (male): flight date and wing pattern
Tuskes, p. 75 (1) implies that A. virginiensis is the only member of the genus with two broods. There is a small spring brood, and you seem to have caught it. This is a male. Main emergence is later in this, and other Anisota. (On page 73, they mention that the similar, sympatric, A. consularis flies from July to September.)

Also, A. virginiensis lacks the dark spots in both sexes, A. consularis has them.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 1 September, 2004 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

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