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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 » Currant clearwing borer - Hodges#2553 (Synanthedon tipuliformis)

Species Synanthedon tipuliformis - Currant clearwing borer - Hodges#2553

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · 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 tipuliformis (Currant clearwing borer - Hodges#2553)

Hodges Number

2553

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synanthedon tipuliformis (Clerck, 1759)

Sphinx tipuliformis Clerck, 1759

Sesia tipuliformis

Trochilium tipuliformis

Bembecia tipuliformis

Argeria tipuliformis

* phylogenetic sequence #079950

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet tipuliformis means "resembles a midge (Tipula)." (1), (1)

Size

Forewing length 7-9 mm. (2)

Wingspan 16-20 mm. (3)

Larva to 12-19 mm. (4)

Identification

Adult - the characteristic resting position and the huge, fan-shaped, brown-black hair pencils are a good give-away of this species (Marius Virgiliu Aurelian, 9 December, 2007). See Duckworth & Eichlin's description in Print References.

Larva - Yellow to white with dark dorsal lines, brown head and legs. (4)

Range

Temperate regions of Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America. (2)

Food

Larvae bore in the canes and branches of species of currants and gooseberries (Ribes, Saxifragaceae) and to a lesser extent blackberries (Rubus, Rosaceae). (2), (4)

Life Cycle

See Duckworth & Eichlin as well as Solomon in Print References.

Remarks

Adults attracted to (E,Z)-2,13-ODDA/(Z,Z)-3,13-ODDA pheromone lures at a 99:1 ratio (Meyer & Cranshaw, 1994).

Print References

Beuttenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 285-288, pl.31, f.19 (5)

Duckworth, W.D & T.D. Eichlin 1978. The Clearwing Moths of California (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). California Department Of Food and Agriculture Occasional Papers in Entomology 27: 1-80, f.1-40, pl.1-8 (PDF) (2)

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 41-42 (3)

Meyer, W.L. & W.S Cranshaw 1994. Capture of Clearwing Borers (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with three synthetic attractants in Colorado. Southwestern Entomologist 19(1): 71-76 (PDF)

Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook AH-706: 99-101, f.38 (download menu) (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	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.

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.

4.	Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.

5.	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.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 9 December, 2007 - 7:53am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 July, 2014 - 5:40pm

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