Species Zenodoxus mexicanus - Hodges#2517

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Zenodoxus mexicanus Beutenmuller - Zenodoxus mexicanus

Euhagena emphytiformis? - Zenodoxus mexicanus - female

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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 Tinthiini

Genus Zenodoxus

Species mexicanus (Zenodoxus mexicanus - Hodges#2517)

Hodges Number

2517

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zenodoxus mexicanus Beutenmüller, 1897

Paranthrene mexicanus

* phylogenetic sequence #078900

Explanation of Names

The name mexicanus is for the type location of New Mexico.

Size

Wingspan 12 mm. (1)

Range

Described from a single specimen from New Mexico with no new records for at least the next 50 years. Limited records at BugGuide and the MPG from west Texas, Colorado, and southern Arizona. (2), (3)

Print References

Beutenmüller, W. 1901. Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(6): 316

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. United States National Museum Bulletin 190: 200-201 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Zenodoxus mexicanus Beutenmuller

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

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 May, 2011 - 9:07am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 May, 2013 - 10:36pm

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