''Agapema anona'', commonly known as the greasewood silkmoth or Mexican agapema, is a species of giant silkmoth in the family
Saturniidae.
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The
MONA or Hodges number for ''Agapema anona'' is
7754.1.
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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
Arroyo often refers to:
* Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek
Arroyo may also refer to:
People
* Arroyo (surname)
Places United States
;California
* Arroyo Burro Beach, a public beach park in Santa Barbara County, California
* Arroyo ...
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alluvial fans.
Host plants
The larvae of ''Agapema anona'' feed on plants in the
Condalia
''Condalia'' is a genus of spiny shrubs in the tribe Rhamneae of the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae. It was named for Antonio Condal, an 18th Spanish physician. Members of the genus are native to tropical and subtropical deserts and xeric sh ...
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'':
References
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Saturniinae
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Moths described in 1903
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