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Genus Synanthedon

Representative Images

? - Synanthedon sapygaeformis Insect for ID - Synanthedon exitiosa - female Synanthedon exitiosa - male Black flying bug with orange butt - Synanthedon exitiosa - female Synanthedon exitiosa - male Synanthedon formicaeformis? - Synanthedon bolteri Clearwing Moth - Synanthedon Synanthedon polygoni - Synanthedon polygoni
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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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synanthedon Hübner, 1819

Explanation of Names

Probably from Greek syn (συν)- "with" + anthedon (ανθηδων)- "the flowery one", a poetic name for the bee.

Numbers

Nearctica lists 41 species.

Print References

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 87-88

Internet References

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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 June, 2013 - 5:00pm

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