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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Sesioidea » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Melittiini » Melittia » Glorious Squash Vine Borer - Hodges#2540 (Melittia gloriosa)

Species Melittia gloriosa - Glorious Squash Vine Borer - Hodges#2540

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
Mystery Moth - Melittia gloriosa Mystery Moth - Melittia gloriosa bizarre moth - Melittia gloriosa bizarre moth - Melittia gloriosa Odd moth? - Melittia gloriosa Moth - ? - Melittia gloriosa Moth - ? - Melittia gloriosa Unknown bug (moth, whatever) - Melittia gloriosa
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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 Sesiinae
Tribe Melittiini
Genus Melittia
Species gloriosa (Glorious Squash Vine Borer - Hodges#2540)
Hodges Number
2540
Other Common Names
Manroot Borer
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melittia lindseyi Barnes & Benjamin, 1925
Melittia barnesi Dalla Torre, 1925
Food
larval foodplants: Cucurbita spp.
Life Cycle
Larvae develop on the tubers of the host plant
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
invasive.org - photograph of living adult.
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - photograph of pinned adult.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
San Diego Natural History Museum - pinned adult image.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 11 May, 2008 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Maury Heiman, ceiseman
Last updated 27 September, 2009 - 8:10pm

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