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Species Synanthedon refulgens - Red-Lined Clearwing - Hodges#2566

Clearwing- Synanthedon refulgens (Hy. Edwards) - Synanthedon refulgens - male

Caught in Trap for Squash Borers - Synanthedon refulgens

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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 refulgens (Red-Lined Clearwing - Hodges#2566)

Hodges Number

2566

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synanthedon refulgens (Hy. Edwards, 1881)

Aegeria refulgens Hy. Edwards, 1881

Sesia refulgens

* phylogenetic sequence #080275

Explanation of Names

Refulgens is Latin for "shining black."

Size

Wingspan 20-24 mm. (1)

Range

Eastern half of the United States. (2)

Remarks

Meyer & Cranshaw caught them on (E,Z)-2,13-ODDA/(Z,Z)-3,13-ODDA blended pheromone lures (Meyer & Cranshaw, 1994). (2)

Print References

Beuttenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 283-284, pl.32, f.21 (3)

Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell, III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (PDF) (2)

Edwards, Hy. 1881. New Genera and new species of the family Aegeridae. Papilio 1(10): 199

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 120 (1)

Meyer, W.L. & W.S Cranshaw 1994. Capture of Clearwing Borers (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with three synthetic attractants in Colorado. Southwestern Entomologist 19(1): 71-76 (PDF)

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.

2.	The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Larry N. Brown & Russel F. Mizell, III. 1993. Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21.

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.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 July, 2008 - 6:29pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 June, 2013 - 4:59pm

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