Anisota

Anisota Hübner, [1820]

Anisota Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (13): 193; TS: Bombyx stigma Fabricius
Adelocephala Duponchel, 1841; in d'Orbigny, Dict. univ. Hist. nat. 1: 119; TS: Bombyx stigma Fabricius

Adelocampa; [NHM-BMW]
Adelocampa[sic, Adelocephala]; Packard, 1905, Mem. natn. Acad. Sci. 9: 11
Adelocephala; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 170; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]
Anisota; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Anisota (Ceratocampinae); [MABL]
Anisota (Citheroniinae); [NACL], 108

Anisota stigma (Fabricius, 1775) ENA. See [maps] Spiny Oakworm Moth
- Bombyx stigma Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 563; TL: "America Meridionalis"
- Anisota stigma stigma; [iNaturalist]
- Anisota stigma; [NACL], #7716; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]
- Bombyx stygma[sic, stigma]; auth.
- A. s. fuscosa Ferguson, 1971
  - Anisota fuscosa; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
  - Anisota stigma fuscosa; [NACL], #7716a; [LepIndex]
Anisota manitobensis McDunnough, 1921 N.Dakota, S.Manitoba. See [maps]
- Anisota manitobensis McDunnough, 1921; Can. Ent. 53 (4): 75; TL: Aweme, Manitoba, Canada
- Anisota manitobensis; [NACL], #7717; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Larva on Quercus macrocarpa, Corylus ? [SMNA]
Anisota consularis Dryar, 1896 SENA
- Anisota consularis Dryar, 1896; ; TL: West Palm Beach, Florida
- Anisota consularis; [NACL], #7718; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]
Larva on Quercus virginiana, Q. nigra, Q. falcata, Quercus lavevis, Q. myrtifolia [SMNA]
Anisota virginiensis (Drury, 1773) ENA. See [maps] Pink-striped Oakworm Moth
- Phalaena virginiensis Drury, 1773; ; TL: Suffolk, Virginia
- astynome (Olivier, 1790)
  - = ; [NACL], #7723
- Anisota virginiensis; [NACL], #7723; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA]
Larva on Quercus [SMNA]
- A. v. pellucida (Smith, 1797)
  - Phalaena pellucida Smith, 1797
  - Anisota sinulis Riotte, 1970
    
    = ; [NACL], #7723a
  - Anisota pellucida; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
  - Anisota virginiensis pellucida; [NACL], #7723a; [LepIndex]
  - Anisota virginiensis sinulis; [LepIndex]
- A. v. discolor Ferguson, 1971
  - Anisota discolor; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
  - Anisota virginiensis discolor; [NACL], #7723b; [LepIndex]
Anisota senatoria (Smith, 1797) ENA. See [maps] Orange-tipped Oakworm Moth
- Phalaena senatoria Smith, 1797; ; TL: Gibsland, Bienville Par., Lousiana
- Anisota senatoria; [NACL], #7719; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA]
Anisota finlaysoni Riotte, 1969 Lake Ontario
- Anisota finlaysoni Riotte, 1969; ; TL: Sahnnonville, Ontario, Canada
- Anisota finlaysoni; [NACL], #7721; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Larva on Quercus alba, Q. prinus [SMNA]
Anisota peigleri Riotte, 1975 SENA
- Anisota peigleri Riotte, 1975; ; TL: Clemson, Pickens Co., South Carolina
- Anisota peigleri; [NACL], #7720; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA] ; [GALEPS]
Larva on Quercus , Q. palustris [SMNA]
Anisota oslari Rothschild, 1907 Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado. See [maps]
- Anisota oslari Rothschild, 1907; Novit. Zool. 14 (2): 432; TL: Nogales, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
- Anisota skinneri Biederman, 1908
  - = ; [NACL], #7722
- Anisota neomexicana Brehme, 1909
  - = ; [NACL], #7722
- Anisota oslari; [NACL], #7722; [SMNA]; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [BAMONA]
Larva on Quercus , Q. oblongifolia, Q. turbinella [SMNA]

Anisota assimilis (Druce, 1886) Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Dryocampa assimilis Druce, 1886; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 170, 3: pl. 15, f. 5; TL: Mexico, Santa Ana in Chihuahua
- Anisota assimilis; [MABL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Anisota dissimilis (Boisduval, 1872) Mexico, Guatemala. See [maps]
- Adelocephala dissimilis Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15: 93; TL: Mexico, Oaxaca
- Anisota dissimilis; [MABL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
- Dryocampa dissimilis; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 170, 3: pl. 15, f. 9-10
Anisota kendallorum Lemaire, 1988 Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Anisota kendallorum; [MABL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Anisota punctata Riotte & Peigler, 1982 Mexico, ...?. See [maps]
- Anisota punctata; [MABL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Anisota leucostygma (Boisduval, 1872) Mexico, Guatemala. See [maps]
- Adelocephala leucostygma Boisduval, 1872; Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15: 85; TL: Mexico, Oaxaca
- Adelocephala leucostigma[sic]; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 171
- Anisota leucostygma; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]

Unmatched external taxa

Anisota disjaliscana; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Anisota dismexicana; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]
Anisota suprema; [CoL] ; [GBCL]

Unknown or unplaced taxa

Adelocephala nisa Druce, 1904; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 13 (76): 242; TL: Peru, Santo Domingo, 6000ft

Adelocephala hodeva Druce, 1904; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 13 (76): 243; TL: British Guiana

Adelocephala hodeva; [LepIndex]

Adelocephala smithi Druce, 1904; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 13 (76): 243; TL: Colombia, Cacagualito, 1500ft

Adelocephala yucatana Druce, 1904; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 13 (76): 244; TL: Yucatan

Adelocephala lineata Druce, 1904; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 13 (76): 244; TL: Paraguay

Adelocephala citrina Schaus, 1904; Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 30: 142; TL: Castro, Parana

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References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MABL] Manuel A. Balcázar Lara
Palomillas de México
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1872
Note sur la tribu de Adélocéphalides Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 15 : 79-96
Druce, 1904
Descriptions of some new Species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Tropical South America Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 13 (76) : 241-250
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus Syst. Ent. : 1-832
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1886; Godman & Salvin, 1886
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hübner, [1820]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
McDunnough, 1921
A new Anisota species from Manitoba (Lepid.) Can. Ent. 53 (4) : 75
Packard, 1905
Monograph of the bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature (2) Mem. natn. Acad. Sci. 9 : 5-147
Rothschild, 1907
New American Saturniidae and Ceratocampidae Novit. Zool. 14 (2) : 413-432
Schaus, 1904
New species of American Heterocera Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 30 : 135-178
[SMNA]; Tuskes, Tuttle, & Collins, 1996
The wild silk moths of North America

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