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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Sesioidea » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Melittiini » Melittia » Glorious Squash Vine Borer - Hodges#2540 (Melittia gloriosa)
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Moth - ? - Melittia gloriosa
Copyright © 2009 texhoma

Moth - ? - Melittia gloriosa
6 miles North of Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
September 6, 2009
Size: 30 mm
Sandy area

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Contributed by texhoma on 6 September, 2009 - 6:05pm
Last updated 7 September, 2009 - 9:47am

Moved
Moved from Sesioidea.
… john and jane balaban, 7 September, 2009 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

Moth ID
it is Melittia gloriosa.
… William H. Taft, 7 September, 2009 - 7:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2009 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

Perhaps Glorious Squash Vine Borer?
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Check out here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/314791/bgpage
… apgarm, 6 September, 2009 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks apgram,
I appreciate the ID.
… texhoma, 6 September, 2009 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

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