Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paranthrene dollii (Neumoegen, 1894)
Sciapteron dollii Neumoegen 1894
Memythrus dollii
* phylogenetic sequence #079050
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of famed collector and curator Jacob
Doll (1847-1929) of the Brooklyn Museum.
(3)Identification
Adult - an excellent mimic of the red paper wasp.
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Larva - body white to light pink, head and thoracic shield brown.
(2)Range
Eastern half of the United States, west to Arizona in the south.
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(5)Food
Poplar and willow, eastern cottonwood a major host.
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(2)Life Cycle
Diurnal. Males fly mainly from noon to 4PM. Larvae go through 12 instars, early larvae consuming bark and later instars boring wood. Branches less than 4 cm often exhibit gall-like swellings. Two year life cycle in the north 1 year in the south.
(2)Remarks
Uncommon, but widespread in Texas
(6)Print References
Beuttenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6):
252-253,
pl.30, f.4
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Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell, III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (
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Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190:
140-141 (5)
Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook AH-706: 45-48, f.17 (
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