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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 » Riley's Clearwing - Hodges#2552 (Synanthedon rileyana)

Species Synanthedon rileyana - Riley's Clearwing - Hodges#2552

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet 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 rileyana (Riley's Clearwing - Hodges#2552)
Hodges Number
2552
Other Common Names
Horsenettle Borer
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synanthedon rileyana (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Albuna rileyana Hy. Edwards, 1881
Ramosia rileyana
Sesia rileyana
* phylogenetic sequence #079925
Explanation of Names
Patronym for Charles Valentine Riley (1843-1895).
Numbers
~45 spp. n. of Mex.
Size
Forewing length 7-12 mm. (1)
Range
Eastern two thirds of the United States and southern Canada. (1)
Food
Larvae bore in the roots of Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense, Solanaceae), which is a common weed found in sandy soils and often mixed within corn and other field crops. (1)
Print References
Beuttenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 280-281, pl.31, f.9, pl.32, f.25 (2)
Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell, III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (PDF) (1)
Edwards, Hy. 1881. New Genera and new species of the family Aegeridae. Papilio 1(10): 187
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 43-45 (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
Larry N. Brown & Russel F. Mizell, III. 1993. Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21.
2.Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico.
William Beutenmüller. 1901. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 218-352, pl.29-36.
3.The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae.
George P. Engelhardt. 1946. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 1-222, pl.1-32.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 13 August, 2007 - 11:52am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Harsi S. Parker, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 June, 2013 - 3:32pm

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