Species Alcathoe caudata - Clematis Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2623

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Clearwing Moth - Alcathoe caudata - male

Clematis Clearwing - Alcathoe caudata - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Sesioidea

Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)

Subfamily Sesiinae

Tribe Synanthedonini

Genus Alcathoe

Species caudata (Clematis Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2623)

Size

25-32mm with females being larger than the males.

Identification

Variable, with 4 different appearances. Males have a long slender appendage extending from the eigth abdominal segment.

Larva bore into the roots of clematis, with adults emerging from June to August. Overwinters as larva in the roots of the clematis.

Print References

The Moths of America North of Mexico

Internet References

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Contributed by tom murray on 17 October, 2005 - 7:16am
Last updated 17 October, 2005 - 9:54am

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