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Species Sophona snellingi - Hodges#2513.2

Sophona snellingi Eichlin - Sophona snellingi - 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 Tinthiini
Genus Sophona
Species snellingi (Sophona snellingi - Hodges#2513.2)
Hodges Number
2513.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sophona snellingi Eichlin, 1986
* phylogenetic sequence #078800
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Roy. R. Snelling (1934-2008), ant specialist and longtime curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Size
Forewing length 11-12 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - see Eichlin (p.135, f.3) in Print References. (1)
Range
Known from southwestern New Mexico, southern Arizona and Baja California, Mexico. (2), (1)
Type Location: Baja California, Mexico.
Print References
Eichlin, T.D. 1992. Clearwing Moths of Baja California, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 3(2): 135-150 (PDF) (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Clearwing Moths of Baja California, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
Thomas D. Eichlin. 1992. Tropical Lepidoptera 3(2): 135-150.
2.Sophona snellingi Eichlin
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 23 May, 2008 - 1:15pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 May, 2013 - 6:56pm

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