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Species Anisota peigleri - Peigler's Oakworm Moth - Hodges#7720

Oakworm - Anisota peigleri Unknown caterpillar found on Oak tree - Anisota peigleri Peigler's Oakworm Moth caterpillar - Anisota peigleri ID Request - Caterpillars/White Oak - Anisota peigleri Anisota senatoria? - Anisota peigleri Anisota? - Anisota peigleri Royal Moth Catterpillar - Anisota peigleri Handsome Caterpillar - Anisota peigleri
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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 (peigleri/senatoria group )
Species peigleri (Peigler's Oakworm Moth - Hodges#7720)
Hodges Number
7720
Other Common Names
Yellow-striped Oakworm
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anisota peigleri Riotte, 1975
previously considered Anisota senatoria
Explanation of Names
Patronym for saturniid expert Richard S. Peigler
Numbers
9 spp. n. of Mexico
Size
wingspan 43-69 mm
Identification
Females are reddish-orange in color, have thread-like antennae, and are larger than the males.
Male forewings are dark reddish brown with a small white spot and a larger light colored translucent patch. Antennae in males are plumose (featherlike)

Caterpillars have only yellow stripes compared to Anisota senatoria, which have orange stripe in addition to yellow.

Additionally, larval dorsal and lateral scoli (spines) are much more pronounced in Anisota peigleri than in Anisota senatoria. However, intermediate populations do exist. The trend is apparent in southern Appalachian populations of orange striped oakworms, compare larvae in the guide from North Carolina and northern Georgia to those from Rhode Island to see the difference.
Range
se US - Map - (MPG)
Season
adults fly mid July to late August
Food
larval host is oak
Remarks
adults are active in the day and usually mate from daylight until mid afternoon
See Also

Anisota senatoria
Print References
Tuskes, P.M., J.P. Tuttle, M.M. Collins. 1996. The Wild Silk Moths of North America: The Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. pp. 69-80 (1)
Works Cited
1.The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada
Paul M. Tuskes, James P. Tuttle, Michael M. Collins. 1996. Cornell University Press.