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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 » Pink-striped Oakworm - Hodges#7723 (Anisota virginiensis) » Texas Pink-striped Oakworm Moth (Anisota virginiensis discolor)
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Moth - Anisota virginiensis
Copyright © 2009 Dennis Totin

Moth - Anisota virginiensis
Garland, Dallas County, Texas, USA
August 23, 2009
Without flash, this was very dark chocolate colored
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Contributed by Dennis Totin on 23 August, 2009 - 1:05pm
Last updated 31 July, 2014 - 4:09pm

Moved
Moved from Anisota.
… Ryan St Laurent, 31 July, 2014 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

female A. virginiensis
I found one at White Rock Lake, two weeks ago.
… James McDermott, 23 August, 2009 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Anisota virginiensis discolor?
So would it be this one, since we found it in Texas?
… Dennis Totin, 23 August, 2009 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
male
This is a male, the antennae's width are a sure sign. Also the body/wing shape of this one is another feature of the males. A. stigma males don't have the clear patch on the forwings like other Anisota sp. so this could be a unspotted A. stigma or very fresh A. senatoria, either way this is a male.

EDIT: I am now leaning more towards a fresh male A. v. discolor
… Ryan St Laurent, 23 August, 2009 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Dennis Totin, 23 August, 2009 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

Genus Anisota
My guess is A. stigma, but someone like Bob Patterson should be able to tell you for sure.
… Andrew Meeds, 23 August, 2009 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Not For Sure, For Sure........
I have a terrible time with these. In Texas, Anisota stigma and A. virginiensis might look like this. Some are spotted, others not. (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 23 August, 2009 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

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