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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 » Alcathoe » Alcathoe autumnalis - Hodges#2622.1 (Alcathoe autumnalis)

Species Alcathoe autumnalis - Hodges#2622.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Convincing wasp mimic ovipositing - Alcathoe autumnalis - female

Alcathoe autumnalis - Alcathoe autumnalis

Clearwing Moth - Alcathoe autumnalis - female

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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 Alcathoe

Species autumnalis (Alcathoe autumnalis - Hodges#2622.1)

Hodges Number

2622.1

Other Common Names

Fall Clematis Clearwing Borer

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alcathoe autumnalis Engelhardt, 1946 (1)

* phylogenetic sequence #081900

Numbers

5 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

Wingspan: ♂ 32-36 mm, ♀ 34-38 mm. (1)

Range

Known from Texas panhandle to southmost Texas. (2), (1)

Type Location: San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas.

Season

Fall

Food

Larval hosts are Clematis sp., including western white clematis (Clematis ligusticifolia, Ranunculaceae). (1)

Life Cycle

Larvae are root and stem borers.

Remarks

Adult is a remarkably good mimic of Pompiliid spider wasps.

See Also

Alcathoe carolinensis was once a synonym of autumnalis.

Print References

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. USNM Bulletin 190: 105-106, pl.25, f.149 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 3C: Micro-Moths and Geometroids Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2008. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. 30 pp., 18 plates.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 21 June, 2009 - 11:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 June, 2013 - 11:06pm

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