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Species Alcathoe caudata - Clematis Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2623 - Hodges#2623

Alcathoe, possibly Clematis Clearwing Moth - Alcathoe caudata? - Alcathoe caudata

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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 Alcathoe

Species caudata (Clematis Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2623 - Hodges#2623)

Hodges Number

2623

Other Common Names

Clematis Borer

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alcathoe caudata (Harris, 1839)

Aegeria caudata Harris, 1839

Sesia caudata

Trochilium caudatum

Alcathoe walkeri Neumoegen, 1894

Alcathoe annettella Engelhardt, 1946

* phylogenetic sequence #081925

Explanation of Names

Caudata from Latin caud, meaning "tailed." Adult males have a long tail-like appendage on the abdomen. (1)

Size

Wingspan 25-32 mm, females larger than the males. (2)

Forewing length 7-15 mm. (3)

Identification

Adult - variable, with 4 different appearances. Males have a long slender appendage extending from the eigth abdominal segment.

Range

Eastern half of the US and Canada. (3)

Food

Larva bore into the roots of Clematis and Ribes species. (3), (2)

Life Cycle

Overwinters as larva.

Remarks

Larvae are parasitized by the Ichneumon wasp Bracon sanninoideae. (4)

Print References

Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell, III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (PDF) (3)

Beuttenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 240-241, pl.29, f.7-8 (5)

Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. USNM Bulletin 190: 102-103 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

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Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. George P. Engelhardt. 1946. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 1-222, pl.1-32.

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

4.	Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.

5.	Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. William Beutenmüller. 1901. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 218-352, pl.29-36.

Contributed by tom murray on 17 October, 2005 - 7:16am
Additional contributions by v belov, Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 June, 2013 - 7:17pm

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