Anisota stigma
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Updated as per Lemaire's Ceratocampinae 1988, September 28, 2006
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Anisota stigma
(Fabricius, 1775)
(Bombyx)
This site has been created by
Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.
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TAXONOMY:
Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae, Harris 1841
Genus: Anisota, Hübner, 1820 ("1816")
Species: stigma, (Fabricius, 1775) |
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DISTRIBUTION:
The single brooded Anisota stigma moth (wingspan: males: 36-48mm; females: 52-75mm) flies in the eastern half of the United States
at latitudes from southern New Hampshire and Massachussettes to central Florida. It is also reported from extreme southern Ontario, along the northern shore of
Lake Erie.
Anisota stigma male, Fillmore, Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
July 18, 2012, courtesy of Jeff Trahan
Both males and females tend to have considerable dark speckling on the wings. The males do not have hyaline areas on the forewings.
Both males and females respond to lights.
Anisota stigma male, Talladega County, Alabama,
July 31, 1993, courtesy/copyright
Charles Bordelon and Ed Knudson.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
Anisota
stigma adults fly in June in the north, July in the
middle latitudes, July-August in the Southeast and in
August-September in Texas.
Vernon A. Brou has collecting records of twenty years indicating 98%
of flight in Louisiana from May through September occurs
during months of July and August.
Stigma larvae feed upon oaks.
Anisota stigma female, Florida,
courtesy/copyright Leroy Simon.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Females call in mid
morning from 6:30-9:30 and then again, if unmated, from 1:00-3:00
pm, and the pair usually remain coupled until early evening when the
females begin their ovipositing flights.
Males lack the hyaline area on the forewings. The forewing hyaline
area is present in males in many of the other Anisota species.
Anisota stigma pair, Cumming (Forsyth County), Georgia,
July 6, 2008, courtesy of Mary Zager.
EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:
Eggs are yellowish-orange.
Oakworm larvae are gregarious but divide into smaller
clusters as they progress. In the final instar they are solitary feeders
and leave the host to pupute in shallow chambers.
Photo by Leroy Simon.
Pupation is under the soil.
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Larvae do well in sleeves or on cut food.
Anisota stigma fourth instar, Florida,
courtesy/copyright Leroy Simon.
Larval Food Plants
It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed
by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is
not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is
worthwhile.
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Chinese chestnut Chestnut American chestnut
Hazel
White oak Southern Red Oak Blackjack Oak Swamp chestnut oak Water oak Pin oak Oak Northern red oak
Black oak Live oak
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