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Genus Podosesia - Ash/Lilac Borers

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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 Podosesia (Ash/Lilac Borers)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Podosesia Möschler, 1879 (repl. name)
Grotea Möschler 1876 (preocc. Cresson, 1864)
Numbers
2 species in our region
Print References
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 108
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