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Tribe Synanthedonini


A new North American clearwing moth and notes on a rare species (Sesiidae)
By Thomas D. Eichlin
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(2): 114- 118 , 1995

Description of a New Sesia
By William Beutenmuller
Journal of The New York Entomological Society 10: 126-126 , 1902

Rhododendron Borer (Synanthedon rhododendri) Beutenmuller
By Gregory A. Hoover
Pennsylvania State University, 2001

Dogwood Borer, Synanthedon scitula (Harris) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)
By Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges
The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, 2006

Checklist of the Coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America.
By Ricard E. Blackwelder
Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 185(parts 1-6): xii-1492., 1944
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Blackwelder, R.E. 1944-1957. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 185(parts 1-6): xii-1492.

First record of Alcathoe carolinensis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) collected in Tennessee.
By Jason A. Hansen, William E. Klingeman, John K. Moulton
Florida Entomologist 93(2): 321-322 , 2010

A classification of the Sesiidae of America north of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea)
By W. D. Duckworth and T. D. Eichlin
California Dept. of Food and Agriculture, Occasional Papers in Entomology, No. 26, 1977

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