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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)
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Clearwing moth - Synanthedon rileyana - female
Copyright © 2018 Stoil Ivanov

Clearwing moth - Synanthedon rileyana - Female
Illinois Beach State Park, Lake County, Illinois, USA
July 24, 2018
Size: 15 mm
Looked thru the guide but couldn't find exact match
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Contributed by Stoil Ivanov on 25 July, 2018 - 12:41am
Last updated 25 July, 2018 - 10:06am

Moved
Nice photo

Moved from Clearwing Moths.
… Maury J. Heiman, 25 July, 2018 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks
… Stoil Ivanov, 25 July, 2018 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Moth ID
This is a female Synanthedon rileyana. The larvae feed on Solanum carolinense (horse neetle) which is a common weed found in sandy soils and often mixed within corn and other crop fields.
… William H. Taft, 25 July, 2018 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot .I found it in o
Thanks a lot .I found it in oak savanna next to a wetlands .I didn't see any horse nettle but big part of this preserve is off limits to regular people
… Stoil Ivanov, 25 July, 2018 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

moth habitat
Can you tell me what type of habitat you were in when you took the image like dry oak woods or along stream or wetland?
… William H. Taft, 25 July, 2018 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Dr. Taft will see this here sooner.
Thank you

Moved from ID Request.
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