Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Saturniidae > Lonomia > Lonomia achelous

Lonomia achelous (Stinging caterpillar)

Synonyms: Lonomia acheloe

Infraspecies

Lonomia achelous achelous
Lonomia achelous diabolus

Attributes

Venomous [1]  Yes

Prey / Diet

Malosma laurina (laurel sumac)[2]
Pyrus communis (common pear)[2]
Schinus terebinthifolia (Florida holly)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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