Anisota

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Ceratocampinae
Genus: Anisota
Species: A. assimilis – A. consularis – A. disjaliscana – A. dismexicana – A. dissimilis – A. finlaysoni – A. kendallorum – A. leucostygma – A. manitobensis – A. oslari – A. peigleri – A. punctata – A. senatoria – A. stigma – A. virginiensis
Name

Anisota Hübner, 1820

Type species: Bombyx stigma Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms

Adelocampa Packard, 1905
Adelocephala Duponchel, 1841

Anisota stigma

References

Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2014f: Notes on the genus Anisota Hübner, [1820] from Mexico with descriptions of new taxa (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Entomo-Satsphingia 7(3): 18–20. Reference page.
Lemaire, C., 1988: Les Saturniidae Americains. The Saturniidae of America. Los Saturniidae Americanos. (= Attacidae) 3. Ceratocampinae, San José (Museo Nacional de Costa Rica), pp. 1-480.
Riotte, J.C.E. & Peigler, R.S., 1981: A revision of the American genus Anisota (Saturniidae). Journal of Research on Lepidoptera 19: 101–180.

Anisota is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1820. Their caterpillars are known commonly as oakworms. They are defoliators of oaks.[1]
Species

Anisota assimilis (Druce, 1886)
Anisota consularis Dryar, 1896
Anisota dissimilis (Boisduval, 1872)
Anisota finlaysoni Riotte, 1969
Anisota kendallorum Lemaire, 1988
Anisota leucostygma (Boisduval, 1872)
Anisota manitobensis McDunnough, 1921
Anisota oslari Rothschild, 1907 - Oslar's oakworm moth
Anisota peigleri Riotte, 1975 - yellowstriped oakworm
Anisota punctata Riotte & Peigler, 1982
Anisota senatoria (Smith, 1797) - orangestriped oakworm
Anisota stigma (Fabricius, 1775) - spiny oakworm moth
Anisota virginiensis (Drury, 1773) - pink-striped oakworm moth

References

Burke, Joel T.; Peigler, Richard S. (2009). "Phylogenetic Analysis of Anisota (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Based on Scolus Size and Structure of Mature Larvae". Southeastern Naturalist. 8 (4): 739–745. doi:10.1656/058.008.0415. JSTOR 25599368.