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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Clearwing Moths (Sesioidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Synanthedonini » Carmenta » Carmenta corni - Hodges#2597 (Carmenta corni)

Species Carmenta corni - Hodges#2597

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · 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 Sesioidea (Clearwing Moths)

Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)

Subfamily Sesiinae

Tribe Synanthedonini

Genus Carmenta

Species corni (Carmenta corni - Hodges#2597)

Hodges Number

2597

Other Common Names

Sésie de l’aster - En français… Ilze V-G.

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carmenta corni (Hy. Edwards, 1881)

Aegeria corni Hy. Edwards, 1881

Synanthedon corni

* phylogenetic sequence #081125

Explanation of Names

The name Corni derives from the host plant erroneously associated with this moth at the time of description (Cornus sericea, redosier dogwood).

Size

Wingspan: ♂ 15-18 mm, ♀ 18-24 mm. (1)

Range

Eastern United States and possibly southeastern Canada. (2)

Food

Larvae initially bore basal stalks and then feed their way down through the roots of parasol whitetop (Doellingeria umbellata, Asteraceae). (1)

Life Cycle

See Engelhardt in Print References.

See Also

Synanthedon acerrubri

Print References

Edwards, Hy. 1881. New Genera and new species of the family Aegeridae. Papilio 1(10): 190

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. USNM Bulletin 190: 71-73, pl.21, f.127-128 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 January, 2008 - 8:20pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 August, 2020 - 3:57pm

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