Species Vitacea admiranda - Hodges#2528

Classification · Hodges Number · Print References

some kind of clearwing moth on a hackberry leaf - Vitacea admiranda

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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)

Subfamily Tinthiinae

Tribe Paranthrenini

Genus Vitacea

Species admiranda (Vitacea admiranda - Hodges#2528)

Hodges Number

2528

Print References

Images found in an article called "Abundant Occurrence of the "rare" Vitacea admiranda (Hy.Edw.)(Sesiidae) in the coastal Bend of Texas" by Carles Bordelon Jr. and Edward Knudson, Spring 1998 of the Lepidopterist's News, correspond nicely with this photo. The authors indicate that this species is variable in color and size. The dates of flight and image date are dead on for southern TX.

… Taftw, 29 December, 2007

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 December, 2007 - 4:39pm

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