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Species Carmenta rubricincta - Hodges#2610

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Carmenta rubricincta - male Carmenta rubricincta ♂ - Carmenta rubricincta - male Carmenta rubricincta ♂ - Carmenta rubricincta - male
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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 Carmenta
Species rubricincta (Carmenta rubricincta - Hodges#2610)

Hodges Number

2610

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carmenta rubricincta (Beutenmüller, 1909)
Sesia rubricincta Beutenmüller, 1909
Synanthedon rubricincta
* phylogenetic sequence #081500

Explanation of Names

Rubricincta is Latin meaning "red-girdled." (1)

Size

Wingspan about 17 mm. (2)

Range

Southern Arizona. (3), (4)

Remarks

This is one of the rarest clearwing moths in the southwest. (4)

Print References

Beutenmüller, W. 1909. Descriptions of three new Sesiidae. Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20(2): 84
Engelhardt, G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing Moths of the family Aegeriidae. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 32, pl.19, f.103 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

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.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Carmenta rubricincta
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 March, 2011 - 6:55pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 June, 2013 - 12:44pm

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