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Homadaula anisocentra (Mimosa Webworm Moth)

Synonyms: Homadaula albizziae; Hyponomeuta usuguronis

Wikipedia Abstract

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). This species was introduced into the United States from China in the 1940s.
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Prey / Diet

Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa)[1]
Gleditsia triacanthos (honeylocusts)[1]

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Citations

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♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0