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Species Eichlinia grandis - Hodges#2539

Melittia grandis (Strecker) - Eichlinia grandis - male

Melittia grandis - Eichlinia grandis - 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 Sesiinae

Tribe Melittiini

Genus Eichlinia

Species grandis (Eichlinia grandis - Hodges#2539)

Hodges Number

2539

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melittia grandis (Strecker, 1881)

Trochilium grande Strecker 1881

* phylogenetic sequence #079525

Numbers

6 n. of Mex. (1)

Size

Forewing length 16-21 mm. (2)

Identification

Melittia grandis (Strecker) - female

Det. R. E. Fleischer, 2010

Range

CA-TX-KS

Type Locality: Texas

Food

Larval Host: Cucurbita foetidissima - Missouri gourd

Plant Profile - USDA

Remarks

The host of this large moth is Curcurbita foetidissima. I have captured this moth in both southwest Kansas and southern Arizona but it is also found in California, Texas, New Mexico. The leg and abdomen coloration are good characteristics for positive identification as compared with M. gloriosa (William H. Taft, 29 June, 2008).

Print References

Beuttenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 235-236, pl.29, f.4 (3)

Duckworth, W.D & T.D. Eichlin 1978. The Clearwing Moths of California (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). California Department Of Food and Agriculture Occasional Papers in Entomology 27: 1-80, f.1-40, pl.1-8 (PDF) (4)

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 184-186 (5)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.13.18f, p.124 (2)

Strecker, H. 1881. Description of a new species of Trochilium. Can. Entom., 13(7): 156. Full Text

Internet References

Photos - Moth Photo Group

Large Photo - CalPhotos

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. William Beutenmüller. 1901. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 218-352, pl.29-36.

4.	The Clearwing Moths of California (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). W. Donald Duckworth & Thomas D. Eichlin. 1978. California Department Of Food and Agriculture Occasional Papers in Entomology 27: 1-80, f.1-40, pl.1-8.

5.	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 29 June, 2008 - 7:21pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy, John Rosenfeld
Last updated 13 July, 2023 - 11:36am

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