Homadaula anisocentra

Homadaula anisocentra, also known as the mimosa webworm, is a species of moth in the family Galacticidae. It is considered a pest of ornamental plants. They attack the leaves of mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) and honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos).^[1]

Mimosa webworm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Galacticidae
Genus:	Homadaula
Species:	H. anisocentra
Binomial name
Homadaula anisocentra Meyrick, 1922
Synonyms
Homadaula usuguronis Matsumura, 1931 Homadaula albizziae Clarke, 1943

This species was introduced into the United States from China in the 1940s and likely has two generations per year in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States.^[2] The average first occurrence of larvae is after 543 growing degree-days.^[2]

Description

Adults are about 10 millimetres (0.4 in) long. They are silvery gray in color and have wings covered with small, black dots. The larvae are approximately 15 mm (0.6 in) in length and are green to dark brown color. The larvae have white stripes.^[3]