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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 » Carmenta » Carmenta wellerae - Hodges#2617 (Carmenta wellerae)
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Clearwing Moth - Carmenta wellerae
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Clearwing Moth - Carmenta wellerae
Red Rock Canyon, near Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 8, 2009
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 August, 2009 - 9:17pm
Last updated 22 August, 2009 - 8:02pm

Thanks William
It looks like we were there at a good time to get these moths.
… tom murray, 22 August, 2009 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

MOTH ID
It is Carmenta wellerae. I was in Patagonia on the same dates and collected numerous specimens on pheromone lures. This species is known primarily from this part of southeastern AZ. The color on the abdomen can vary a bit between the sexes and individual specimens.
… William H. Taft, 22 August, 2009 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

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