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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Osminiini » Osminia » Osminia donahueorum - Hodges#2545.1 (Osminia donahueorum)

Species Osminia donahueorum - Hodges#2545.1

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

Osminia donahueorum Duckworth and Eichlin - Osminia donahueorum

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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 Osminiini

Genus Osminia

Species donahueorum (Osminia donahueorum - Hodges#2545.1)

Hodges Number

2545.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Osminia donahueorum Duckworth & Eichlin, 1983

* phylogenetic sequence #079725

Explanation of Names

Named for Kathy and Julian Donahue, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, in recognition of their discovery of the species.

Size

Forewing length 4-7 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - see Duckworth & Eichlin in Print References.

Range

Known only from southern Arizona. (2), (1)

Type Location: Bog Spring Camp Ground, Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

Season

Limited records of adults from August and October. (2)

Food

Adults have been found in association with anil falso (Coursetia caribaea, Fabaceae) but this plant has not been confirmed as the larval host. (1)

Remarks

These tiny and uncommon clearwing moths sit on a small legumes (Coursetia caribaea) found under the live oaks on the side hills of Madera Canyon in early August (William H. Taft). (3)

Print References

Duckworth, W.D & T.D. Eichlin 1983. Revision of the Clearwing Moth genus Osminia (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 361: 1-15, f.1-27 (PDF) (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the Clearwing Moth genus Osminia (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). W. Donald Duckworth & Thomas D. Eichlin. 1983. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 361: 1-15, f.1-27 .

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Osminia donahueorum Duckworth and Eichlin

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 23 October, 2008 - 8:26pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 June, 2013 - 1:41pm

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