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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 » Synanthedonini » Synanthedon » Western Willow Borer - Hodges#2570 (Synanthedon albicornis)

Species Synanthedon albicornis - Western Willow Borer - Hodges#2570

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Synanthedon albicornis (Hy. Edwards) - Synanthedon albicornis - male Clearwing - Synanthedon albicornis Unknown Clearwing - Synanthedon albicornis Unknown Clearwing - Synanthedon albicornis Clearwing moth - Synanthedon albicornis - female not even a guess - Synanthedon albicornis - female Moths with transparent wings - Synanthedon albicornis - male - female Clearwing moth - Synanthedon albicornis
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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
Species albicornis (Western Willow Borer - Hodges#2570)
Hodges Number
2570
Other Common Names
Western Willow Clearwing (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Synanthedon albicornis (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Aegeria albicornis Hy. Edwards, 1881
Sesia albicornis
* phylogenetic sequence #080375
Explanation of Names
Specific name albicornis is Latin for "white-horned", no doubt referring to the antennae.
Size
Forewing length 8-11 mm. (2)
Wingspan 16-22 mm. (1)
Identification
Larva - body white with brown head, light brown cervical shield with curved lines. (1)
Range
California and Washington, east through the Rockies, north to British Columbia and Northwest Territory. (2), (1)
Season
Adults fly from June to September. (3)
Food
The larvae bore in the bark of large trees, exposed roots, limbs and canes of various species of willows (Salix, Salicaceae). Henne reared them on the upper branches of Salix lasiandra and S. laevigata. (2)
Life Cycle
See Solomon in Print References.
Remarks
Males respond well to Z-ODDA pheromone baits. (2)
Print References
Beutenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 292-293, pl.31, f.23, pl.33, f.15 (4)
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) (2)
Edwards, Hy. 1881. New genera and new species of the family Aegeridae. Papilio 1(10): 201
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 82-83 (5)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.14.4m, p.125 (3)
Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook AH-706: 91-93, f.36 (download menu) (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs
Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.
2.The Clearwing Moths of California (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
W. Donald Duckworth & Thomas D. Eichlin. 1978. California Department Of Food and Agriculture Occasional Papers in Entomology 27: 1-80, f.1-40, pl.1-8.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico.
William Beutenmüller. 1901. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 218-352, pl.29-36.
5.The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae.
George P. Engelhardt. 1946. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 1-222, pl.1-32.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 25 May, 2009 - 9:23am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 June, 2013 - 11:33am

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