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Species Anisota stigma - Spiny Oakworm Moth - Hodges#7716

Spiny Oakworm Moth - Anisota stigma - male Uknown Moth - Anisota stigma - male Spiny oakworm - Anisota stigma Spiny Oakworm Moth - Anisota stigma Anisota stigma Anisota stigma - #7716 - Anisota stigma Spiky caterpillar on Pin Oak - Anisota stigma Unknown Anisota-1 - Anisota stigma
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)
Subfamily Ceratocampinae (Royal Moths)
Genus Anisota
No Taxon (fuscosa/stigma group)
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)
Season
Adults June-July; larvae July to Sept.(2)
Food
Caterpillars: Oak; also reported from hazel and basswood.(3)
Life Cycle
Overwinter as pupa in the ground(2)
One generation per year(2)
Remarks
Spiny Oakworm has declined in the Northeast.(3)
Anisota stigma is extinct in CT and protected in Massachusetts. In Massachusetts, it only occurs in the state's most extensive barrens. I don't think it has ever been recorded from VT, NH, ME, with VT being the least likely of the six states. No suitable habitat. (David Wagner - personal communication)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
2.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
3.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems