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Squash Vine Borer - Melittia cucurbitae
Copyright © 2004 Lynette Schimming

Squash Vine Borer - Melittia cucurbitae
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 19, 2004
I Id'd this one by looking at the pics in The Moth Book by WJ Holland. Copyright is 1968, so I guess the name could have changed since then.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 22 February, 2005 - 7:39am
Last updated 24 March, 2008 - 10:03am

Also called M. cucurbitae, Holland
Covell (1) uses the name M. cucurbitae, apparently a synonym.

What you've got there is the Dover reprint of Holland's The Moth Book, (2) originally published in 1903. It is still a useful reference, but it is hard to keep track of the name changes. Covell, Field Guide to Eastern Moths is out-of-print and hard to find used.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 22 February, 2005 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Covell's Field Guide to Moths
As I was looking for more information on the Squash Vine Borer, I noticed your comment that Covell's Field Guide is out-of-print and hard to find used. If you don't know by now, actually it has been reprinted and is available on Amazon, under the title "A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America." Virginia Museum of Natural History is the publisher.
… Janice Stiefel, 12 April, 2006 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

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