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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Tinthiinae » Paranthrenini » Paranthrene » Paranthrene fenestrata - Hodges#2525 - Hodges#2525 (Paranthrene fenestrata)

Species Paranthrene fenestrata - Paranthrene fenestrata - Hodges#2525 - Hodges#2525

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Paranthrene fenestrata Barnes and Lindsey - Paranthrene fenestrata - male Paranthrene fenestrata - male Paranthrene fenestrata - male
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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 fenestrata (Paranthrene fenestrata - Hodges#2525 - Hodges#2525)
Hodges Number
2525
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paranthrene fenestrata Barnes & Lindsey, 1922
* phylogenetic sequence #079100
Explanation of Names
Fenestrata is Latin meaning "a window." (1)
Size
Wingspan: ♀ 40-45 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult - There are two color forms, one with mostly black wings and a red-orange and black body and another form with red-orange wings and black body. (3), (4)
Range
High elevations in southern Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and northern Mexico. (2), (5), (3)
Type Location: Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona.
Habitat
Associated with oaks forests. (3)
Remarks
Males respond well to ZZA pheromone baits. (3)
Print References
Barnes, W. & A.W. Lindsey, 1922. Descriptions of two new species of Aegeriidae (Lep.). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 17(4): 122
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 151, pl.28, f.166 (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - red-orange color form specimens
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
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.Paranthrene fenestrata Barnes and Lindsey
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Tom Bentley on 1 April, 2008 - 7:18pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 June, 2013 - 11:37pm

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