Species Synanthedon helenis - Hodges#2564

2564

Synanthedon helenis (Engelhardt, 1946)

Carmenta helenis Engelhardt, 1946

* phylogenetic sequence #080225

Wingspan 17-22 mm.

Adult: forewing mostly hyaline (clear) except for dark brownish-black scales on veins; discal bar prominent, slanted slightly toward apex, and has a few orange scales mixed with mostly black ones; outer half of area between discal bar and outer margin filled with dusky orange-brown scaling; hindwing hyaline except for veins; all wings have prominent dark fringes; antennae dark to black; abdomen dark to black with pale yellow band around second and fifth abdominal segments (adapted from description at U. of Alberta).

Western Ontario to Alberta.

Type Location: Earl Grey, Saskatchewon.

Mixedwood forests; peatlands.

Adults fly in June and July in Alberta.

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 50-51, pl.20, f.112 (1)

Moth Photographers Group

pinned adult image by G. Anweiler, plus habitat, flight season, description, distribution (Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta)

presence in Ontario; list (NHIC; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)