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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 » Sesiini » Sesia » Sesia pacificum - Hodges#2543.01 (Sesia pacificum)

Species Sesia pacificum - Hodges#2543.01

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Sesiini
Genus Sesia
Species pacificum (Sesia pacificum - Hodges#2543.01)
Hodges Number
2543.01
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trochilium pacificum Edwards 1881
Trochilium californicum Neumoegen 1891
Aegeria dyari Cockerell 1908
Trochilium minimum Neumoegen 1891
Explanation of Names
Sesia pacificum Edwards, 1881, rev. stat., is elevated from synonymy of Sesia tibiale (Harris, 1839) to full species in Handfield & Handfield (2024)(1) and includes as synonyms californicum (Neumoegen 1891), californicum (Neumoegen 1891) and dyari (Cockerell 1908).
Range
Canada: MB, SK, AB, BC, YT; USA:
WA to MT, KS, NM, and southern CA. (1)
Print References
Engelhardt, G.P., 1946. The North American clear-wing moths of the family Aegeridae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 190: 179; pl. 30, figs. 175, 176.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Works Cited
1.A new species of Sesia from northeastern North America and a resurrected species (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae)
Handfield, L. & N. Handfield. 2024. Lepidoptera Novae, 17(3): 89-116.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 12 October, 2024 - 10:07am

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