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Species Paranthrene asilipennis - Oak Stump Borer Moth - Hodges#2522

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Sesiid moth - Paranthrene asilipennis - female Oak Stump Borer Moth (Paranthrene asilipennis) - Paranthrene asilipennis Oak Stump Borer Moth (Paranthrene asilipennis) - Paranthrene asilipennis Oak Stump Borer Moth (Paranthrene asilipennis) - Paranthrene asilipennis Paranthrene asilipennis - female Bug on Dead Cedar - Paranthrene asilipennis Oak stump borer - Paranthrene asilipennis - female mating moths - Paranthrene asilipennis - male - female
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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 Tinthiinae
Tribe Paranthrenini
Genus Paranthrene
Species asilipennis (Oak Stump Borer Moth - Hodges#2522)

Hodges Number

2522

Other Common Names

Oak Clearwing (1), (2)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Paranthrene asilipennis (Boisduval, 1829)
Sesia asilipennis Boisduval, 1829
Aegeria asilipennis
Memythrus asilipennis
* phylogenetic sequence #079025

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet asilipennis is Latin for "gadfly winged (Asilus)." (3), (4)

Size

Forewing length 12-20 mm. (5)
Wingspan: ♂ 28-38 mm, ♀ 36-46 mm. (6), (2)
Larva to 23-36 mm, largest in warmer climates. (2)

Identification

Larva - white body with brown head, light brown thoracic shield and blackish mandibles. (2)

Range

Eastern half of the United States and Canada, west as far as Minnesota and Texas, south through Mexico and Central America. (5), (2)

Food

Larvae bore in the low trunk and exposed roots of oaks and possibly ash and alder. Red oak often prefered. (5), (2)

Life Cycle

Two year life cycle. See Engelhardt as well as Solomon in Print References.

Print References

Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell, III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (PDF) (5)
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 148-150 (6)
Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook AH-706: 40-42, f.15 (Download Options) (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs
Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.
3.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
4.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
5.The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
Larry N. Brown & Russel F. Mizell, III. 1993. Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21.
6.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 Tony on 1 May, 2005 - 2:04pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 July, 2014 - 5:53pm

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