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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 armasata - Hodges#2594.1 (Carmenta armasata)

Species Carmenta armasata - Hodges#2594.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

clearwing ovipositing - Carmenta armasata - 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 Carmenta

Species armasata (Carmenta armasata - Hodges#2594.1)

Hodges Number

2594.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carmenta armasata (Druce)

Orig. Comb: Aegeria armasata Druce, 1892

* phylogenetic sequence #081050

Explanation of Names

armasata (L). 'heavily armed' (1)

Numbers

32 spp. n. of Mex. (MPG)

Size

28mm (MPG)

Range

n. TX to n. Mex. (iNat), strays(?) to n. NM (MPG, BG)

Season

mostly Oct-Nov (2)(3)

Food

Observed ovipositing on Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides) in mid-October in Austin, TX, laying eggs at the lowest point of new growth that was green, just above the woody stems. (4)

Life Cycle

frequently nectars on crucita - Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) (BG data)

Remarks

Type Location: Durango, Mexico

rare in collections but may only be rarely collected due to the late flight date (William H. Taft). (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

iNaturalist - iNat

Works Cited

1.	A Dictionary of the Roots and Combining Forms of Scientific Words Tim Williams. 2006. Squirrox Press.

2.	iNaturalist

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	clearwing ovipositing

5.	Carmenta armasata

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 October, 2009 - 7:58pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 October, 2020 - 11:49am

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