Species Anisota fuscosa - Hodges#7717.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

fuscosa or stigma? - Anisota fuscosa - male

stigma or fuscosa - Anisota fuscosa - male

Texas Pink-striped Oakworm Moths? - Anisota fuscosa

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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 fuscosa (Anisota fuscosa - Hodges#7717.1)

Hodges Number

7717.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Previously considered a subspecies of Anisota stigma (Lemaire, 1988), then a synonym of Anisota stigma (Tuskes et al 1996), and finally Burke and Peigler (2009) treat this taxon as a valid species.

Remarks

Regardless of the debate surrounding the name fuscosa, the Anisota stigma-like populations from Eastern Texas are noticeably deeper brown, and according to Burke and Peigler, have larvae unlike A. stigma and much more similar to A. consularis.

Print References

Burke, Joel T. & R. S. Peigler. 2009. Phylogenetic analysis of Anisota (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) based on scolus size and structure of mature larvae. Southeastern Naturalist 8: 739-745.

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Works Cited

1.	Les Saturniidae Americains,The Saturniidae of America,Los Saturniidae Americanos (= Attacidae): Ceratocampinae Claude Lemaire. 1988. Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.

2.	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.

Contributed by Ryan St Laurent on 31 July, 2014 - 4:14pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 29 November, 2018 - 7:06pm

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