Anisota

Anisota
Anisota stigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae
Genus: Anisota
Hübner, [1820]
Synonyms
  • Adelocephala Duponchel, 1841
  • Adelocampa Packard, 1905

Anisota is a genus of moths in the Saturniidae family. Their caterpillars are known commonly as oakworms. They are defoliators of oaks.[1]

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