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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 » Synanthedonini » Synanthedon » Currant clearwing borer - Hodges#2553 (Synanthedon tipuliformis)
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Clearwing Moth?? - Synanthedon tipuliformis
Copyright © 2010 Hugh Casbourn

Clearwing Moth?? - Synanthedon tipuliformis
London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
June 5, 2010
Size: Approx 2.5 cm.

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Contributed by Hugh Casbourn on 6 June, 2010 - 1:33pm
Last updated 8 June, 2010 - 11:57am

Moved
Moved from Sesioidea.
… john and jane balaban, 8 June, 2010 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

Moth ID
I concur that this is the current borer - Synanthedon tipuliformis.
… William H. Taft, 8 June, 2010 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 June, 2010 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

Clearwing Moth, Family Sesiidae
I believe. This Synanthedon tipuliformis sure looks similar. I'd guess that yours "might be" a Synanthedon of some kind.
… Andrew Williams, 6 June, 2010 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it is Synanthedon
without a doubt
… roar, 6 June, 2010 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I had thought that the Currant Clearwing was a likely candidate but was puzzled by the the lack of yellow at the base of the thorax and the absence of a fourth yellow band seen on one of the specimen photos. It could be that both features are hidden by hairs or that these features depict gender differences.

And thanks again for the quick replies!
… Hugh Casbourn, 6 June, 2010 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

 
genus, but not species
I think we're in the right genus, but I don't think it's a species match.
… Andrew Williams, 6 June, 2010 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

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