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Moth - Synanthedon rileyana

Moth - Synanthedon rileyana
6 miles north of Texhoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, USA
September 16, 2008

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Moved
Moved from Sesioidea.

Moth ID
This is a female Synanthedon rileyana. The larvae feed on Solanum carolinense (horse neetle) which is a common weed found in sandy soils and often mixed within corn and other crop fields.

 
Thanks William,
We don't have S. carolinense but have other tasty Solanum species.

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