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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Tinthiinae » Paranthrenini » Paranthrene » Doll's Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2523 (Paranthrene dollii)

Species Paranthrene dollii - Doll's Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2523

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Tinthiinae
Tribe Paranthrenini
Genus Paranthrene
Species dollii (Doll's Clearwing Moth - Hodges#2523)
Hodges Number
2523
Other Common Names
Poplar Clearwing Moth (1)
Cottonwood Clearwing (2)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paranthrene dollii (Neumoegen, 1894)
Sciapteron dollii Neumoegen 1894
Memythrus dollii
* phylogenetic sequence #079050
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of famed collector and curator Jacob Doll (1847-1929) of the Brooklyn Museum. (3)
Numbers
6 Nearctic spp. (1)
Size
Forewing length 8-12 mm. (4)
Larva to 25-32 mm. (2)
Pupa 20-25 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult - an excellent mimic of the red paper wasp. (4)
Larva - body white to light pink, head and thoracic shield brown. (2)
Range
Eastern half of the United States, west to Arizona in the south. (4), (1), (5)
Season
Feb-Nov. (1)
Food
Poplar and willow, eastern cottonwood a major host. (4), (2)
Life Cycle
Diurnal. Males fly mainly from noon to 4PM. Larvae go through 12 instars, early larvae consuming bark and later instars boring wood. Branches less than 4 cm often exhibit gall-like swellings. Two year life cycle in the north 1 year in the south. (2)
Remarks
Uncommon, but widespread in Texas (6)
Print References
Beuttenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 252-253, pl.30, f.4 (7)
Brown, L.N. & R.F. Mizell, III 1993. The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21 (PDF) (4)
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 140-141 (5)
Solomon, J.D. 1995. Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook AH-706: 45-48, f.17 (download menu) (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs
Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.
3.American Entomologists
Arnold Mallis. 1971. Rutgers University Press.
4.The Clearwing Borers of Florida (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
Larry N. Brown & Russel F. Mizell, III. 1993. Tropical Lepidoptera 4(4): 1-21.
5.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.
6.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 3C: Micro-Moths and Geometroids
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2008. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. 30 pp., 18 plates.
7.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 Jeff Hollenbeck on 10 February, 2006 - 6:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, kschnei, Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 February, 2018 - 5:07pm

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