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

Lesser Viburnum Clearwing Moth - Synanthedon fatifera - female I suspect this is Synanthedon viburni. - Synanthedon fatifera - female Clear Wing Moth - Synanthedon fatifera Synanthedon, perhaps fatifera - Synanthedon fatifera Unknown Sesid - Synanthedon fatifera Synanthedeon fatifera - Synanthedon fatifera - male Synanthedon fatifera? - Synanthedon fatifera 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 Cossoidea (Carpenter and 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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