Anisota oslari

Anisota oslari
Larvae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Genus: Anisota
Species: A. oslari
Binomial name
Anisota oslari
Rothschild, 1907[1]
Synonyms
  • Anisota skinneri Biederman, 1908
  • Anisota neomexicana Brehme, 1909

Oslar's Oakworm Moth (Anisota oslari) is a moth of the Saturniidae family. It is found from south-western Colorado south through New Mexico and south-eastern Arizona to extreme eastern Texas and Mexico.

The wingspan is 50–86 mm. Females are larger than males. The upperside of the females is uniform brownish yellow. The forewing with a small white cell spot. The upperside of the males is brownish red, with the hindwing somewhat darker than the forewing. The forewing has a small white cell spot. Adults are day fliers and are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.[2] Adults do not feed.

The larvae feed on various Quercus species, including Quercus oblongifolia and Quercus turbinella. Young larvae are gregarious, but become solitary as they grow. Fully-grown larvae pupate and overwinter in shallow underground chambers.

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