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]

Agapema anona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Agapema
Species:	A. anona
Binomial name
Agapema anona (Ottolengui, 1903)

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.^[5]

Subspecies

Three subspecies belong to the species Agapema anona:^[1][2]

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