Species Synanthedon alleri - Hodges#2557

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

Southern sesiid - Synanthedon alleri (Engelhardt) - Synanthedon alleri - 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 Synanthedon

Species alleri (Synanthedon alleri - Hodges#2557)

Hodges Number

2557

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synanthedon alleri (Engelhardt, 1946)

Thamnosphecia alleri Engelhardt, 1946 (1)

* phylogenetic sequence #080050

Explanation of Names

Named after Thomas S. Van Aller, of Mobile Alabama, who collected the type specimens for Engelhardt.

Size

Wingspan: ♂ 20-23 mm, ♀ 22-24 mm. (1)

Forewing length 9-12 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - a melanistic form accounts for 5% of specimens in Florida. (2)

Range

Across the Gulf Coast Plain from Georgia to Mississippi. (2)

Type Location: Chickasaw, Alabama.

Food

Unknown but possibly holly (Hex) species. (2)

Print References

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

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 124-125, pl.26, f.157 (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.

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

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 9 August, 2008 - 2:56pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 June, 2013 - 11:18pm

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