DRYOCAMPA OF THE WORLD

Dryocampa rubicunda (Fabricius, 1793) Scan by Bill Oehlke.

DRYOCAMPA HARRIS, 1833

The Dryocampa are sometimes listed as Anisota in older texts, but this practice has discontinued with Ferguson's 1971 monograph recognized as the stabilizing influence.

Dryocampa belong to the Subfamily Ceratocampinae of the Family Saturniidae.

Eggs are translucent and the developing larvae can be seen through the egg shells.

Like all the Ceratocampinae, the larvae are well-endowed with long thoracic "horns" which tend to diminish relative to body size as the larvae progress through successive moults.

Dryocampa rubicunda courtesy of Tony Thomas

Mature larvae descend trees to pupate in subterranean chambers.

P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.

Listing of Dryocampa

P rubicunda (Fabricius, 1793) Virginia, Eastern U.S. and Canada
P rubicunda alba Grote, 1874 lighter color form of rubicunda; Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska; Ontario, Canada

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