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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Clearwing Moths (Sesioidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Synanthedonini » Synanthedon » Lesser Viburnum Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2555 (Synanthedon fatifera)

Species Synanthedon fatifera - Lesser Viburnum Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2555

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

I suspect this is Synanthedon viburni. - Synanthedon fatifera - female

Clearwing Moth - Synanthedon fatifera - female

Synanthedeon fatifera - Synanthedon fatifera - male

Synanthedon fatifera? - Synanthedon fatifera

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Sesioidea (Clearwing Moths)

Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)

Subfamily Sesiinae

Tribe Synanthedonini

Genus Synanthedon

Species fatifera (Lesser Viburnum Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2555)

Hodges Number

2555

Other Common Names

Arrowwood Borer (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synanthedon fatifera Hodges, 1962

* phylogenetic sequence #080000

Explanation of Names

Fatifera is Latin for "deadly."

Size

Forewing length 9-11 mm. (1)

Wingspan: ♂ 17-19 mm, ♀ 20-22 mm. (2)

Range

Ranges widely east of the Rockies. (1)

Food

Larvae tunnel and bore in the bark and cambium of Viburnum species, including American cranberrybush (Viburnum opulus var. americanum, Caprifoliaceae). (1), (2)

Print References

Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell, III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (PDF) (1)

Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook AH-706: 96 (download menu) (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Larry N. Brown & Russel F. Mizell, III. 1993. Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21.

2.	Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 August, 2009 - 9:25am
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 June, 2013 - 10:58am

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