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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 » Holly Borer - Hodges#2579 (Synanthedon kathyae)

Species Synanthedon kathyae - Holly Borer - Hodges#2579

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

Holly Borer Clearwing - Synanthedon kathyae

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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 kathyae (Holly Borer - Hodges#2579)

Hodges Number

2579

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synanthedon kathyae Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977

* phylogenetic sequence #080600

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Kathy Eichlin.

Size

Forewing length 8-11 mm (Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977).

Larva to 15-21 mm (Ghidiu, Vasvary, Eichlin & Solomon, 1987).

Identification

Adult - blue-black with clear wings and yellow abdominal markings. See Duckworth & Eichlin in Print References.

Larva - body creamy white with dark brown head and spiracles (Ghidiu, Vasvary, Eichlin & Solomon, 1987).

Range

There are records from West Virginia and Maryland south to Georgia and eastern Texas, one record from southern Arizona. (1), (2)

Food

Larvae have been found to bore in the wood of cultivated holly (Ilex) spp. (Ghidiu, Vasvary, Eichlin & Solomon, 1987).

Life Cycle

See Ghidiu, Vasvary, Eichlin & Solomon in Print References.

Print References

Duckworth, W.D & T.D. Eichlin 1977. Two new species of Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) from eastern North America clarified by sex pheromones. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 31(3): 193-194

Ghidiu, G.M., L. Vasvary, T.D. Eichlin & J.D. Solomon 1987. Injury and Biology of the Clearwing Borer Synanthedon kathyae on Holly. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(3): 154-158, f.1-4

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	Holly Borer Synanthedon kathyae Duckworth and Eichlin

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 July, 2008 - 6:22pm
Additional contributions by Harsi S. Parker, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 June, 2013 - 11:08pm

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