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Lilac Borer - Hodges#2589 (Podosesia syringae)
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Copyright © 2009
Seabrooke Leckie
Clearwing moth - Podosesia syringae, Lilac Borer? -
Podosesia syringae
Frontenac, Ontario, Canada
July 28, 2009
Size: ~30mm
Encountered in late July on a dead tree, very near an old cocoon that I presume it had just emerged from. Adding for confirmation of ID and addition of data point.
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Contributed by
Seabrooke Leckie
on 30 October, 2009 - 9:58am
Last updated 6 December, 2009 - 11:09am
Moved
Moved from
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John R. Maxwell
, 6 December, 2009 - 11:09am
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Moth ID
I would agree that this is a lilac borer (P. syringae). In the description, P. aureocincta has a faint yellow band on abdominal segment number 4.
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William H. Taft
, 6 December, 2009 - 11:06am
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Moved
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ID Request
. Probably easier to get an ID here
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John R. Maxwell
, 30 October, 2009 - 2:24pm
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Thanks
Thanks, John. Are new additions to the guide (as opposed to ID Request) monitored as well? Can you upload directly to a species/family?
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Seabrooke Leckie
, 30 October, 2009 - 2:35pm
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Depends
Some experts monitor ID Request, some monitor an order, some a family, some a single genus depending on their specialty. Many are avoiding ID Request due to the mix of things they aren't interested in and require some sorting before they will begin to look. Others want to look in ID Request!
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John R. Maxwell
, 30 October, 2009 - 3:05pm
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I think so.
Podosesia syringae - Lilac Borer
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roar
, 30 October, 2009 - 1:57pm
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Another possibility
That was my first thought, Roar. It was also suggested to me that it could also be
Podosesia aureocincta
, Banded Clearwing, which, according to Moth Photographers' Group, doesn't always show bands. BugGuide doesn't seem to have a page for
P. aureocincta
, so I'm not sure. My understanding is that
P. syringae
flies here in the north from June-July, and
P. aureocincta
from July-September; unfortunately, this individual was in that overlap month.
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Seabrooke Leckie
, 30 October, 2009 - 2:18pm
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Band on banded clearwing moth
I'm pretty sure my dad said exactly this to me several months ago: presence/absence of band not diagnostic for Podosesia aureocincta Purrington & Nielsen. I'll ask him again.
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Colin Purrington
, 18 January, 2018 - 4:44pm
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I wouldn't know
That one was the only one that stuck out. I don't know my Sesiidae.
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roar
, 19 November, 2009 - 7:10pm
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Cool Mimicry
Sure looks a lot like a Polistes paper wasp.
Compare to -
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Andrew Williams
, 30 October, 2009 - 11:56am
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Neat!
That is a pretty amazing look-alike!
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Seabrooke Leckie
, 30 October, 2009 - 2:19pm
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