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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Synanthedonini » Carmenta » Eupatorium Borer Moth - Hodges#2596 (Carmenta bassiformis)
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Eupatorium Borer Moth - Carmenta bassiformis - female
Copyright © 2007 Stephen_WV

Eupatorium Borer Moth - Carmenta bassiformis - Female
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
August 20, 2006
I believe this is a female Carmenta bassiformis. It was resting on a huge squash plant, but there were plenty of the larval food plants (Ironweed and Joe Pye Weed) nearby.
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 22 April, 2007 - 10:04am
Last updated 15 June, 2007 - 3:46pm

Moved
Moved from Carmenta.
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