Common name: Spiny Oakworm Moth

Scientific name: Anisota stigma (Fabricius, 1775)

Class:

Insecta (Insects)

Order:

Lepidoptera (Butterflies, Skippers, and Moths)

Family:

Saturniidae (Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths)

Synonyms:

Other common names:

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Habitat type(s):

Habitat description(s)

Terrestrial:

Barrens, Woodland - Mixed

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Ecological systems and subsytems (about):

TERRESTRIAL - BARRENS AND WOODLANDS:

Dwarf pine plains (guide)

A woodland community dominated by dwarf individuals of pitch pine and scrub oak that occurs on nearly level outwash sand and gravel plains in eastern Long Island. The soils are infertile, coarse textured sands that are excessively well-drained.

TERRESTRIAL - BARRENS AND WOODLANDS:

Pitch pine-oak-heath woodland (guide)

A pine barrens community that occurs on well-drained, infertile, sandy soils. The structure of this community is intermediate between a shrub-savanna and a woodland. Pitch pine and white oak are the most abundant trees.

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Conservation:

Global conservation status rank:

G5

Secure globally - Common in the world; widespread and abundant (but may be rare in some parts of its range).

State conservation status rank:

SU

Unrankable - Currently unrankable due to lack of information or due to substantially conflicting information about status or trends.

Federal protection:

Not Listed

State protection:

Not Listed

Not listed or protected by New York State.

SGCN:

NYNHP track status:

Y: Track all extant and selected historical EOs

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More information:

Conservation guide:

https://guides.nynhp.org/spiny-oakworm-moth/

NatureServe explorer link:

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.118197/Anisota_stigma/