Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Carmenta verecunda (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Aegeria verecunda Hy. Edwards, 1881
Sesia verecunda
Synanthedon verecunda
* phylogenetic sequence #081625
Explanation of Names
Specific name verecunda from Latin meaning "shy or modest."
Identification
Adult - see Duckworth & Eichlin in Print References.
Range
Manitoba to Washington, south to Oklahoma, western Texas, the mountains of Arizona and the Sierra Nevadas of California.
(1)Food
Have been reared on the roots of
western stoneseed (
Lithospermum ruderale, Boraginaceae).
(1)Print References
Beuttenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6):
312-313,
pl.32, f.26f
(2)
Duckworth, W.D & T.D. Eichlin 1978. The Clearwing Moths of California (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). California Department Of Food and Agriculture Occasional Papers in Entomology 27: 1-80, f.1-40, pl.1-8 (
PDF)
(1)
Edwards, Hy. 1881. New genera and new species of the family Aegeridae. Papilio 1(10):
190-191
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190:
74-76,
pl.22, f.130
(3)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.14.12m, p.125
(4)Contributed by
Tim Loh on 28 March, 2009 - 1:05pm
Additional contributions by
Randy HardyLast updated 21 June, 2013 - 7:59pm
