Species Synanthedon chrysidipennis - Hodges#2578

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and Clearwing Moths)

Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)

Subfamily Sesiinae

Tribe Synanthedonini

Genus Synanthedon

Species chrysidipennis (Synanthedon chrysidipennis - Hodges#2578)

Hodges Number

2578

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synanthedon chrysidipennis (Boisduval)

Range

Distribution.- At higher elevations from British Columbia south to Utah and California. The type-locality, Los Angeles, is probably erroneous and may simply represent a locale from which the type specimen was sent.

Food

The larvae have been recorded as boring in the roots of Polygonum davisiae and Polygonum sp. (Polygonaceae). Henne notes that several specimens were observed in Smokey Valley, Tulare County visiting flowers of Achillea lanulosa Nutt. (Asteraceae).

Life Cycle

Biology.- Pupation takes place in cocoons in the larval burrow near the crown of the host plant, or the larvae may construct silk-lined tubes extending from the exit hole in the root to the soil surface to provide a means of escape for the mature pupa. Adults can be seen, often in large numbers, from late June through early August flying about the host plants in alpine meadows. -- William H. Taft, 19 August, 2016

Print References

The Clearwing moths of California by W. D. Duckworth and Thomas Eichlin, 1978.(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Clearwing Moths of California (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). W. Donald Duckworth & Thomas D. Eichlin. 1978. California Department Of Food and Agriculture Occasional Papers in Entomology 27: 1-80, f.1-40, pl.1-8.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 August, 2016 - 5:07pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 11 June, 2020 - 1:09pm

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