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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 » Arkansas Clearwing - Hodges#2575 (Synanthedon arkansasensis)

Species Synanthedon arkansasensis - Arkansas Clearwing - Hodges#2575

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Clearwing Moth - Synanthedon arkansasensis

Yellow-Banded Red-bordered Clear Wing Moth - 2575 - Dorsal - Synanthedon arkansasensis

Arkansas Clearwing moth? - Synanthedon arkansasensis

clear winged flying insect, could use help identifying. - Synanthedon arkansasensis

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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 arkansasensis (Arkansas Clearwing - Hodges#2575)

Hodges Number

2575

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synanthedon arkansasensis Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973 (1)

Numbers

There are 42 named species of the genus Synanthedon in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Duckworth & Eichlin (1973) reported the forewing length. (1)

♂ 7-9 mm.

♀ 7-10 mm

Range

Southeastern U.S. to Texas. (3), (2)

Holotype from Devil's Den State Park, Washington County, Arkansas.

Remarks

Unlike most Sesiidae this species is attracted to lights. (1)

Print References

Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (PDF)

Duckworth, W.D. & T.D. Eichlin. 1973. New speces of clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 75(2): 154. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)

Works Cited

1.	New species of Clearwing Moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from North America. W. Donald Duckworth & Thomas D. Eichlin. 1973. Proceedings of the Washington Entomological Society 75(2): 150-159.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Larry N. Brown & Russel F. Mizell, III. 1993. Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by tom murray on 6 January, 2008 - 9:08am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 January, 2014 - 9:23am

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