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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 » Synanthedon » Synanthedon canadensis - Hodges#2560 (Synanthedon canadensis)

Species Synanthedon canadensis - Hodges#2560

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Synanthedon canadensis - male Moth - Synanthedon canadensis
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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 Synanthedon
Species canadensis (Synanthedon canadensis - Hodges#2560)
Hodges Number
2560
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synanthedon canadensis Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973
* phylogenetic sequence #080125
Size
Forewing length 7-8 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - orange anal tuft easily distinguish this moth. (1)
Range
There are only a few records from British Columbia, Alberta, and Utah.
Type Location: Waterton, Alberta.
See Also
Synanthedon richardsi - males have orange anal tuft restricted to the base and pale yellow on the antennae.
Synanthedon fulvipes - no orange anal tuft.
Print References
Duckworth, W.D & T.D. Eichlin 1973. New species of clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 75(2): 157-158 (1)
Macaulay, D. 2008. Survey of the Lepidoptera fauna in the Willmore Wilderness Area. Alberta Lepidopterists' Guild. p.13 (PDF)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.New species of Clearwing Moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from North America.
W. Donald Duckworth & Thomas D. Eichlin. 1973. Proceedings of the Washington Entomological Society 75(2): 150-159.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 23 October, 2008 - 8:20pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 31 May, 2013 - 11:18am

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