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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Clearwing Moths (Sesioidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Synanthedonini » Synanthedon » Apple Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2586.1 (Synanthedon myopaeformis)

Species Synanthedon myopaeformis - Apple Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2586.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Apple clearwing moth - Synanthedon myopaeformis - male - female Apple clearwing moth - Synanthedon myopaeformis - male Apple clearwing moth - Synanthedon myopaeformis - female Apple clearwing moth - Synanthedon myopaeformis - female Apple clearwing moth - Synanthedon myopaeformis - female moth - Synanthedon myopaeformis - female
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Sesioidea (Clearwing Moths)
Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
Subfamily Sesiinae
Tribe Synanthedonini
Genus Synanthedon
Species myopaeformis (Apple Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2586.1)
Hodges Number
2586.1
Other Common Names
Red-belted clearwing moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789)
Sphinx myopaeformis Borkhausen, 1789
Sesia myopaeformis
* phylogenetic sequence #080800
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet myopaeformis means "resembles a fly of the genus Myopa." (1)
Remarks
Introduced from Europe, recently.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Government of British Columbia
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.
Contributed by Sean McCann on 22 December, 2007 - 10:25pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ron M., Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 July, 2014 - 5:45pm

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