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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Sesioidea » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae)

Family Sesiidae - Clearwing Moths

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Mystery Moth - Euhagena nebraskae - male Synanthedon CR - Synanthedon Squash Vine Borer - Melittia cucurbitae Sphinx moth - Hymenoclea palmii clearwing moth - Synanthedon rileyana Carmenta wellerae Duckworth & Eichlin - Carmenta wellerae - male Fireweed Borer - Albuna pyramidalis - male Moth - Albuna fraxini
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Sesioidea
Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
Identification
Moths often resemble wasps and bees in coloration and marking.
Wings elongate, often transparent owing to the lack of scales.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
U. of FL
Specimen from Southern California at SDNHM , including photos for 45 species.
Sesiidae - Clear wing moths - (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) - Dr. Franz Pühringer, Austria
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 June, 2008 - 10:49am

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