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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 » Melittiini » Eichlinia » Glorious Squash Vine Borer - Hodges#2540 (Eichlinia gloriosa)
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Odd moth? - Eichlinia gloriosa
Copyright © 2009 Ben Gillock

Odd moth? - Eichlinia gloriosa
Watrous, NM, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
August 1, 2009
Size: 10cm?
any ideas?
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Contributed by Ben Gillock on 3 August, 2009 - 6:22pm
Last updated 4 August, 2009 - 12:57pm

Moved
Moved from Sesioidea.
… john and jane balaban, 4 August, 2009 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

Are they really that variable
or is this a gender difference. This image looks different from both and but maybe this second one is old and worn.
… john and jane balaban, 4 August, 2009 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

 
Moth ID
Yes, both sexes are slightly different and clearwing moths do lose scales and change their "look" over their adult life. That is why we can't always put a name on them from a photo. There are also regional color forms. They are both Melittia gloriosa .
… William H. Taft, 4 August, 2009 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

2540 - Melittia gloriosa
Fine photo! Please contact me at BPatter789@aol.com regarding permission to display on Plates at Moth Photographers Group photographs of moths or larvae that you post here. Thanks, B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 3 August, 2009 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2009 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

One of the clearwing moths
Can't find a real close match
Mellitia perhaps?
… Keith Roragen, 3 August, 2009 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Melittia looks good and there is one species
Melittia magnifica that I have never seen and don't find online. Maybe Bob Patterson can find it in the new book - Moths of Western North America by Powell and Opler
… Maury J. Heiman, 3 August, 2009 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

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