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Species Carmenta auritincta - Arizona Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2595

Carmenta (auritincta?) - Carmenta auritincta

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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 auritincta (Arizona Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2595)

Hodges Number

2595

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carmenta auritincta (Engelhardt, 1925)

Synanthenon auritincta Engelhardt, 1925

* phylogenetic sequence #081075

Explanation of Names

Auritincta is Latin for "gold-tinged."

Size

Wingspan: ♂ 16 mm, ♀ 16-21 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see Engelhardt in Print References.

Range

This moth has been collected in southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico.

Print References

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. USNM Bulletin 190: 70-71, pl.21, f.125-126 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	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 19 July, 2008 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 June, 2013 - 3:13pm

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