Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Zenodoxus palmii (Neumoegen, 1891)
Larunda palmii Neumoegen, 1891
Paranthrene palmii
Paranthrene palmiana
* phylogenetic sequence #078925
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Mr. Charles Palm, the author's friend.
Size
Forewing length 7-15 mm.
(1)
Wingspan: ♂ 25 mm, ♀ 27 mm.
(2)Range
Eastern Washington and Oregon, south into extreme southeastern California, Arizona and Texas.
(1)
Type Location: Southern Arizona.
Season
Adults fly July to early October.
(1)Food
Larvae feed on the roots of
desert globemallow (
Sphaeralcea ambigua, Malvaceae),
gray globemallow (
S. incana),
Munro's globemallow (
S. munroana),
Lozano's false Indianmallow (
Pseudabutilon lozanii, Malvaceae). Heinrich reported the larvae feeding at the base of the host plant stems, rather than roots.
(1),
(3)Print References
Duckworth, W.D & T.D. Eichlin 1978. The Clearwing Moths of California (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). California Department Of Food and Agriculture Occasional Papers in Entomology 27: 1-80, f.1-40, pl.1-8 (
PDF)
(1)
Eichlin, T.D. 1992. Clearwing Moths of Baja California, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 3(2): 135-150 (
PDF)
(4)
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. USNM Bulletin 190:
197 (2)
Heinrich, C. 1921. Some Lepidoptera Likely To Be Confused with the Pink Bollworm. Journal of Agricultural Research 20(11):
826-827 (3)
Neumoegen, B. 1891. Some new and beautiful Aegeriadae. Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2(6):
108-109Contributed by
A.W. Thomas on 13 November, 2005 - 9:12am
Additional contributions by
Randy HardyLast updated 25 May, 2013 - 10:39pm