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Genus Synanthedon

Unusual-looking Insect on Daisy - Synanthedon acerni Some kind of Wasp Mimic Moth maybe? - Synanthedon sapygaeformis Unknown Clearwing - Synanthedon albicornis 2554 Maple Callus Borer - Synanthedon acerni Sesiidae - Synanthedon acerni - female Clear wing moth? - Synanthedon scitula Moth - Synanthedon pictipes Mystery moth/butterfly? - Synanthedon exitiosa
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synanthedon Hübner, 1819
Explanation of Names
Probably from Greek syn (συν)- "with" + anthedon (ανθηδων)- "the flowery one", a poetic name for the bee.
Numbers
Nearctica lists 41 species.
Print References
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 87-88
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