Agapema anona explained

Agapema anona, commonly known as the greasewood silkmoth or Mexican agapema, is a species of giant silkmoth in the family Saturniidae.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The MONA or Hodges number for Agapema anona is 7754.1.^[4]

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.

Subspecies

Three subspecies belong to the species Agapema anona:^[1]

• Agapema anona anona (Ottolengui, 1903) 7754.1
• Agapema anona dyari (Cockerell, 1914) 7754.2
• Agapema anona platensis (Peigler & Kendall, 1993) 7754.3

Further reading

• Book: Beadle . David. Leckie . Seabrooke. 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. 978-0547238487.
• Book: Covell . Charles V. Jr.. 2005. A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Special Publication Number 12. Virginia Museum of Natural History. 1-884549-21-7.
• Book: Grote. Aug.R.. Robinson. C.T.. 1868. List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society. 9780665043895.
• Heppner. J.B.. 2003. Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 17. 0066-8036. 2018-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180423112356/http://freshfromflorida.s3.amazonaws.com/arthropods-of-florida-vol-17.pdf. 2018-04-23. dead.
• Book: Hodges . Ronald W.. 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. 9780860960164.
• Kitching . I.. Rougerie . R.. Zwick . A.. Hamilton . C.. St Laurent . R.. Naumann . S.. Ballesteros Mejia . L.. Kawahara . A.. 4. 2018. A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal. 6. 6. 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22236. 5904559 . 29674935 . e22236. free.
• Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 2016. Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.
• Book: Powell . Jerry A.. Opler . Paul A.. 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. 9780520251977.
• Book: 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. 0-8014-3130-1. registration.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Agapema anona Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-03-12.
2. Web site: Agapema anona Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-03-12.
3. Web site: Agapema anona Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-03-12.
4. Web site: North American Moth Photographers Group, Agapema anona. 2018-03-12.
5. Web site: Mexican agapema Agapema anona Butterflies and Moths of North America . 2022-04-24 . www.butterfliesandmoths.org.