Anisota manitobensis

Anisota manitobensis
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Anisota
Species:	A. manitobensis
Binomial name
Anisota manitobensis McDunnough, 1921

Anisota manitobensis, the Manitoba oakworm moth, is a species of royal moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in North America, primarily Manitoba. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The MONA or Hodges number for Anisota manitobensis is 7717. ^[4]

Early instar caterpillars are highly gregarious. They feed on Quercus macrocarpa . ^[5]

References

1. "Anisota manitobensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Anisota manitobensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Anisota manitobensis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Anisota manitobensis" . Retrieved 2019-09-24.
5. 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   978-0-8014-3130-2.

Further reading

• 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 .