Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Melittiini » Eichlinia » Clearwing Borer Moth - Hodges#2538 (Eichlinia snowii)
Photo#1035945
Las Vegas Moth - Eichlinia snowii
Copyright © 2015 Randy Floyd

Las Vegas Moth - Eichlinia snowii
Three miles east of Las Vegas, New Mexico, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
June 20, 2014
Size: One inch long
On Lactuca leaf in an open ditch in grassy plains, 6630 feet elevation.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Randy Floyd on 25 January, 2015 - 11:45am
Last updated 25 January, 2015 - 8:00pm

Moth ID
Correct ID-Eichlinia snowii.
Melittia is now Eichlinia for US species.
… William H. Taft, 13 July, 2023 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 25 January, 2015 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

The un-cropped photo shows a
The un-cropped photo shows a Buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima) next to the Lactuca plant. Does that help?
… Randy Floyd, 25 January, 2015 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

Melittia?


The lep experts will let you know if I'm anywhere close. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 January, 2015 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

 
.
Wow, not the expert you need but a great call. Would never have thought of Clearwings but I have never seen one.
… A. Hendrickson, 25 January, 2015 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact