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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratocampinae |
| Genus: | Anisota Hübner, [1820] |
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Species
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Savela, Markku. "Anisota Hübner, [1820]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
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