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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Tinthiinae » Paranthrenini » Vitacea » Vitacea admirandus - Hodges#2528 (Vitacea admirandus)
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Vitacea admiranda - Vitacea admirandus
Copyright © 2007 Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew

Vitacea admiranda - Vitacea admirandus
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
June 4, 2007
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Contributed by Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew on 15 November, 2007 - 6:04pm
Last updated 10 March, 2008 - 7:10pm

Moved
Moved from Paranthrene.
… john and jane balaban, 29 December, 2007 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Paranthrene.
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 29 December, 2007 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

identification of moth
This moth is Vitacea admiranda (Hy.Edw.). Images found in an article called"Abundant Occurrence of the "rare" Vitacea admiranda (Hy.Edw.)(Sesiidae) in the coastal Bend of Texas" by Carles Bordelon Jr. and Edward Knudson, Spring 1998 of the Lepidopterist's News, correspond nicely with this photo. The authors indicate that this species is variable in color and size. The dates of flight and image date are dead on for southern TX.
… William H. Taft, 29 December, 2007 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clearwing Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 9 December, 2007 - 7:48am login or register to post comments

Paranthrene sp. male
Judging by those pectinate antennae the moth shown is a member of the Paranthrene genus.
… Marius Aurelian, 9 December, 2007 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

Actually a clearwing moth
in the Sesiidae here
… john and jane balaban, 15 November, 2007 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thaks! Changed name and moved
Thaks! Changed name and moved
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 15 November, 2007 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

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