Agapema anona
Agapema anona, commonly known as the greasewood silkmoth or Mexican agapema, is a species of giant silkmoth in the family Saturniidae.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Agapema |
| Species: | A. anona |
| Binomial name | |
| Agapema anona (Ottolengui, 1903) | |
Habitat
Agapema anona inhabits southern Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico, spreading into northern Mexico. Habitat has been described as being plains, plateaus, desert foothills, arroyos, and alluvial fans. [5]
Host plants
The larvae of Agapema anona feed on plants in the Condalia genus, mainly the knife-leaf condalia, green snakewood, and javelina bush. The adults, as with all Saturniidae species, do not feed. [5]
Subspecies
References
- "Agapema anona Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- "Agapema anona Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- "Agapema anona Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- "North American Moth Photographers Group, Agapema anona". Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- "Mexican agapema Agapema anona | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
Further reading
- Beadle, David; Leckie, Seabrooke (2012). Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 0547238487.
- Covell, Charles V. Jr. (2005). A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Special Publication Number 12. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 1-884549-21-7.
- Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society.
- Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 17. ISSN 0066-8036. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
- Kitching, I.; Rougerie, R.; Zwick, A.; Hamilton, C.; et al. (2018). "A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 6: e22236. doi:10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. PMC 5904559. PMID 29674935.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
- Powell, Jerry A.; Opler, Paul A. (2009). Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520251977.
- Tuskes, Paul M.; Tuttle, James P.; Collins, Michael M. (1996). The wild silk moths of North America: a natural history of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3130-1.
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