Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Euchromiina » Syntomeida » Black-banded Wasp Moth - Hodges#8283 (Syntomeida melanthus)

Species Syntomeida melanthus - Black-banded Wasp Moth - Hodges#8283

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References
NABA wasp-moth - Syntomeida melanthus NABA wasp-moth - Syntomeida melanthus Black-banded Wasp Moth_8283 - Syntomeida melanthus Syntomeida melanthus - Black-banded Wasp Moth - Syntomeida melanthus Syntomeida melanthus Syntomeida melanthus Syntomeida melanthus
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Euchromiina
Genus Syntomeida
Species melanthus (Black-banded Wasp Moth - Hodges#8283)
Hodges Number
8283
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syntomeida melanthus (Cramer)
Orig. Comb: Sphinx melanthus Cramer 1779
Numbers
4 spp. n. of Mex.
Range
AZ, s. & w. TX / W. Indies / s. to C. Amer.
Season
Adults recorded in US April through June, and August through November
Food
Apparently feeds on a wide variety of plants, mostly in the Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory family)
Print References
Knudson, E.C., and C. Bordelon 2004. Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths. Texas Lepidoptera Survey.
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
BAMONA
NABA-SoTX
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 25 August, 2008 - 5:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Ron M.
Last updated 11 September, 2015 - 2:29am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact