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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 » Sannina » Persimmon Borer - Hodges#2590 (Sannina uroceriformis)

Species Sannina uroceriformis - Persimmon Borer - Hodges#2590

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Moths mating - Sannina uroceriformis - male - female

Persimmon Borer - Sannina uroceriformis - male

Clearwing? - Sannina uroceriformis - male

Mating Persimmon Borer Moths - Sannina uroceriformis - male - female

Persimmon Borer? - Sannina uroceriformis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and Clearwing Moths)

Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)

Subfamily Sesiinae

Tribe Synanthedonini

Genus Sannina

Species uroceriformis (Persimmon Borer - Hodges#2590)

Hodges Number

2590

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sannina uroceriformis Walker, 1856

Phylogenetic sequence # 080925

Explanation of Names

Uroceriformis means Urocerus-like, a genus of wasps.

Numbers

The only Sannina species that occurs in America north of Mexico.

Size

Wingspan 28-32 mm. (1)

Larva to 24-30 mm. (2)

Identification

The original description is available online in the print references below.

Engelhardt (1946) revised description is available in PDF. (1)

Adult: bluish black and wasp-like, with a distinctive orange band across the abdomen, though may be lacking in some. FW is opaque and HW is somewhat opaque, with small transparent areas between veins at the base of the wings. There are distinct anal tufts in males with five long hair pencils on abdominal segment 8, consisting of two lateral pairs and one anal.

Larva - white with a brown head and light brown area on prothorax. (2)

Range

New Jersey to Florida and westward to Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio and Indiana. (3), (4), (1)

Heppner (2003) expands the range stated above to Montana. (5)

Season

Adults appear to be most common from March to July. (MPG)

Heppner (2003) reported January to February and April to July for Florida. (5)

Food

Larval host is Diospyros virginiana L. (persimmon). (1)

Heppner (2003) includes the non-native Diopyros kaki (oriental persimmon). (5)

Life Cycle

The life cycle cover 2-3 years. More notes in the PDF. (1)

Remarks

There are many online resources with information on the pest status of Sannina uroceriformis.

See Also

Synanthedon exitiosa

Print References

Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell, III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (PDF) (6)

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin. 190: 8. (1)

Herrick, G.W. 1907. Notes on Sannina uroceriformis. The Canadian Entomologist. 39: 265.

Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook AH-706: 56-59, f.21 (download menu) (2)

Walker, F. 1856. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 8: 64.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

University of Florida - fact sheet.

Works Cited

1.	The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. George P. Engelhardt. 1946. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 1-222, pl.1-32.

2.	Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.

3.	South Carolina Moth Species

4.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

5.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

6.	The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Larry N. Brown & Russel F. Mizell, III. 1993. Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 June, 2008 - 2:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Harsi S. Parker, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 June, 2013 - 11:31pm

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