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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Tinthiinae » Paranthrenini » Vitacea » Grape Root Borer - Hodges#2530 (Vitacea polistiformis)
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Moth-wasp mimic - Vitacea polistiformis
Copyright © 2009 Tim Lethbridge

Moth-wasp mimic - Vitacea polistiformis
Archbold-Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
October 17, 2008

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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 12 March, 2009 - 9:54pm
Last updated 24 March, 2009 - 6:53pm

Moved
Moved from Sesioidea.
… John R. Maxwell, 15 March, 2009 - 10:29pm login or register to post comments

2523 - Paranthene dollii
.... if I am correct this is new for the Archbold checklist. I hope that William Taft or Tom Eichlin can confirm it.
… Bob Patterson, 13 March, 2009 - 2:06am login or register to post comments

 
It Turned Back into a Pumpkin
...adding the third photo clarified the matter. The pencil hairs, not visible in the two original photos did not show those. This is 2530 - Grape Root Borer Moth - Vitacea polistiformis. My thanks to William Taft, who responded to my request for help and got to see the new photo before I did.
… Bob Patterson, 15 March, 2009 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
it was not a first for the ABS list, but it was a first for me and thank you for the ID. I will keep trying to find a new Archbold moth though. :-)
… Tim Lethbridge, 15 March, 2009 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

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