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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Sesioidea » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Tinthiinae » Paranthrenini » Albuna » Fireweed Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2533 (Albuna pyramidalis)
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Clearwing Moth - Albuna pyramidalis
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Schimming

Clearwing Moth - Albuna pyramidalis
Duck Lake, Glacier County, Montana, USA
July 23, 2006
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 24 September, 2006 - 11:41pm
Last updated 9 December, 2007 - 12:33pm

Moved
Moved from Clearwing Moths.
… Lynette Schimming, 9 December, 2007 - 12:33pm login or register to post comments

Albuna pyramidalis female
I agree too, the individual is a typical fireweed clearwing female.
… Marius Virgiliu Aurelian, 9 December, 2007 - 5:15am login or register to post comments

Probably ?? 2533 - Fireweed Clearwing Moth - Albuna pyramidalis
Lovely photo of a "difficult" moth, coloration varies enormously from almost all black to just about the pattern seen here. Wings with the red edging are found in "forms" that have been called "montana" and "rubescens," but which the authors of MONA Fascicle 5.1 (Eichlin and Duckworth, 1988) seem to play down as variation within the species. A second opinion would be good to have.
… Bob Patterson, 25 September, 2006 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Bob.
Fireweed Clearwing would make sense. There is plenty of fireweed in the area.
… Lynette Schimming, 25 September, 2006 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

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