| Agapema anona | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Saturniidae |
| Genus: | Agapema |
| Species: | A. anona |
| Binomial name | |
| Agapema anona (Ottolengui, 1903) | |
Agapema anona, commonly known as the greasewood silkmoth or Mexican agapema, is a species of giant silkmoth in the family Saturniidae.
The MONA or Hodges number for Agapema anona is 7754.1.
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.
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.
Subspecies
Three subspecies belong to the species Agapema anona:
- Agapema anona anona (Ottolengui, 1903) 7754.1
- Agapema anona dyari (Cockerell, 1914) 7754.2
- Agapema anona platensis (Peigler & Kendall, 1993) 7754.3
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 978-0547238487.
- 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. ISBN 9780665043895.
- Heppner, J.B. (2003). "Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog" (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 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 (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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