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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 » Red Maple Borer - Hodges#2546 (Synanthedon acerrubri)

Species Synanthedon acerrubri - Red Maple Borer - Hodges#2546

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Red Maple Borer - Synanthedon acerrubri - male Synanthedon ZH3Z9979 - Synanthedon acerrubri Red Maple Borer - Synanthedon acerrubri Fly? - Synanthedon acerrubri Synanthedon acerrubri - Red Maple Borer Moth? - Synanthedon acerrubri Synanthedon acerrubri – mating pair - Synanthedon acerrubri - male - female Synanthedon acerrubri Red Maple Borer - Hodges#2546 - Synanthedon acerrubri
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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 acerrubri (Red Maple Borer - Hodges#2546)
Hodges Number
2546
Other Common Names
Maple Clearwing (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synanthedon acerrubri Engelhardt, 1925
Conopia acerrubri
* phylogenetic sequence #079775
Explanation of Names
Latin for "of Acer rubrum" (Acer rubrum is the Red Maple)
Size
Forewing length 6-10 mm. (2)
Wingspan: ♂ 16-18 mm, ♀ 18-22 mm. (3)
Larva to 12 mm. (1)
Identification
Larva - body dull white, deeply segmented, with brown head that is wider than long. (1)
Range
Eastern half of the United States and Canada. (3)
Food
Larvae bore in the branches of of maples and boxelder (Acer, Aceraceae), especially damaged areas, causing a slight swelling. Red and sugar maples are often prefered. (2), (1)
Life Cycle
Unlike many Sesiidae this species completes its life cycle in a single year. See Solomon in Print References. (2), (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) (2)
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 85-86 (3)
Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook AH-706: 70-72, f.26 (download menu) (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Images at BOLD
Works Cited
1.Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs
Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.
2.The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
Larry N. Brown & Russel F. Mizell, III. 1993. Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21.
3.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.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 26 June, 2008 - 5:51pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 June, 2013 - 1:30pm

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