''Homadaula anisocentra'', also known as the mimosa webworm, is a species of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family Galacticidae. It is considered a pest of

ornamental plant Ornamental plants or ''garden plants'' are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars th ...

s. They attack the leaves of mimosa (''

Albizia julibrissin ''Albizia julibrissin'', the Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, or mimosa tree, is a species of tree in the Fabaceae family, native to Western Asia, southwestern and East Asia, eastern Asia. Taxonomy It was introduced to Europe in the mid-18th ...

'') and honeylocust (''

Gleditsia triacanthos The honey locust (''Gleditsia triacanthos''), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys. Honey ...

''). This species was introduced into the United States from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

in the 1940s and likely has two generations per year in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States. The average first occurrence of larvae is after 543 growing degree-days.

Description

Adults are about long. They are silvery gray in color and have wings covered with small, black dots. The larvae are approximately in length and are green to dark brown color. The larvae have white stripes.

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Galacticidae Moths described in 1922 Moths of Japan {{Yponomeutoidea-stub