Anisota dissimilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Ceratocampinae
Genus: Anisota
Species: Anisota dissimilis

Name

Anisota dissimilis (Boisduval, 1872)

Type locality: Mexico, Oaxaca.

Lectotype: MNHN. male ♂. (designated by Riotte & Peigler, 1981: 127)

Synonyms

• Adelocephala dissimilis Boisduval, 1872
• Dryocampa dissimilis Boisduval, 1872 by Druce, 1886: 170.
• Anisota dissimilis Boisduval, 1872 by Packard, 1905: 116
• Anisota suprema H. Edwards, 1884 (synonymized by Draudt, 1930: 814.

References

• Riotte, J.C.E. & Peigler, R.S., 1981: A revision of the American genus Anisota (Saturniidae). Journal of Research on Lepidoptera 19: 101–180.
• Wolfe, K.L. & Peigler, R.S., 1993: Life history of Anisota dissimilis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Ceratocampinae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 4 (2): 143–145. Full article: [1]