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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 » Carmenta » The Boneset Borer - Hodges#2608 (Carmenta pyralidiformis)

Species Carmenta pyralidiformis - The Boneset Borer - Hodges#2608

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · 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 Carmenta
Species pyralidiformis (The Boneset Borer - Hodges#2608)
Hodges Number
2608
Other Common Names
Eupatorium Clearwing (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Carmenta pyralidiformis (Walker, 1856)
Aegeria pyralidiformis Walker, 1856
Trochilium pyralidiformis
Sesia pyralidiformis
Synanthedon pyralidiformis
* phylogenetic sequence #081450
Explanation of Names
Specific name pyralidiformis means "resembles a pyralid moth (Pyralidae)."
Size
Forewing length 5-8 mm. (1)
Wingspan: ♂ 12-18 mm, ♀ 13-23 mm. (2)
Range
Eastern half of the US and southern Canada. (1)
Food
Larvae feed on the roots of thoroughwort (AKA boneset and fennel) (Eupatorium, Asteraceae). (1)
Print References
Beuttenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 310-311, pl.32, f.18f (3)
Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell, III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (PDF) (1)
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 45-46 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
Larry N. Brown & Russel F. Mizell, III. 1993. Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21.
2.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.
3.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 20 December, 2007 - 5:28pm
Additional contributions by Tom Bentley, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 June, 2014 - 8:00pm

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