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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 » Carmenta » Carmenta engelhardti - Hodges#2598 (Carmenta engelhardti)

Species Carmenta engelhardti - Hodges#2598

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Arizona Clearwing Moth - Carmenta engelhardti - female

Sesiid moth on fleabane - Carmenta engelhardti

Sesiidae - Carmenta engelhardti - female

Carmenta engelhardti? - Carmenta engelhardti - 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 Synanthedonini

Genus Carmenta

Species engelhardti (Carmenta engelhardti - Hodges#2598)

Hodges Number

2598

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carmenta engelhardti Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973

* phylogenetic sequence #081150

Explanation of Names

This moth is named for G.P. Engelhardt, the man who collected and described many clearwing moths in the 1920's and 1930"s (William H. Taft, 15 August, 2009).

Size

Forewing length: ♂ 8-9 mm, ♀ 8 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see Duckworth & Eichlin in Print References. (1)

Range

Southern Arizona and New Mexico, west Texas. (1), (2)

Type Location: Garden Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona.

Remarks

This species resembles several other species in southern Arizona. I have collected this species on Brickellia foliage found along small creeks in the Patagonia and Huachuca Mountains in August. - William H. Taft, 8 July, 2008

Print References

Duckworth, W.D. & T.D. Eichlin 1973. New species of Clearwing Moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from North America. Proceedings of the Washington Entomological Society 75(2): 158-159 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

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

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 8 July, 2008 - 8:23pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 June, 2013 - 11:48pm

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