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Superfamily Cossoidea - Carpenter and Clearwing Moths


Survey of the Lepidoptera family Sesiidae (Clearwing moths) in Orleans Parish, Louisiana
By Vernon Antoine Brou Jr., Zack Lemann
Southern Lepidopterists' News, 34: 26-33, 2011

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

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

Clearwing Moths of Baja California, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
By Thomas D. Eichlin
Tropical Lepidoptera 3(2): 135-150, 1992
Eichlin, T.D. 1992. Clearwing Moths of Baja California, Mexico (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 3(2): 135-150 (PDF)

andrewsi
bibionipennis
erici
faulkneri
gilberti
gloriosa
hennei
magnifica
mexicanus
palmii
(Neumoegen)
palmii (Beutenmüller)
polygoni
resplendens
robiniae
snellingi

The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae.
By George P. Engelhardt
United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 1-222, pl.1-32, 1946
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 1-222, pl.17-32

Species Index
Food-plant Index

New species of Clearwing Moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from North America.
By W. Donald Duckworth & Thomas D. Eichlin
Proceedings of the Washington Entomological Society 75(2): 150-159, 1973
Duckworth, W.D. & T.D. Eichlin 1973. New species of Clearwing Moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from North America. Proceedings of the Washington Entomological Society 75(2): 150-159

Melittia calabaza, Synanthedon arkansasensis, S. canadensis, S. dominicki, S. engelhardti

The Clearwing Moths of California (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).
By W. Donald Duckworth & Thomas D. Eichlin
California Department Of Food and Agriculture Occasional Papers in Entomology 27: 1-80, f.1-40, pl.1-8, 1978
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)

The Moths of America North of Mexico, Sesioidea, Sesiidae, Fascicle 5.1
By Thomas D. Eichlin and W. Donald Duckworth
The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, 1988