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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Chrysauginae » Clydonopteron » Trumpet Vine Moth - Hodges#5563 (Clydonopteron sacculana)

Species Clydonopteron sacculana - Trumpet Vine Moth - Hodges#5563

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Illinois Trumpet Vine Moth - Clydonopteron sacculana

Trumpet Vine Moth - Clydonopteron sacculana

St. Andrews fruit-feeder on Campsis radicans SA1488 2019 3 - Clydonopteron sacculana

Lappet Moth possible - Clydonopteron sacculana

Clydonopteron sacculana - Trumpet Vine Moth - Clydonopteron sacculana

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Chrysauginae

Genus Clydonopteron

Species sacculana (Trumpet Vine Moth - Hodges#5563)

Hodges Number

5563

Other Common Names

Trumpet Creeper Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Clydonopteron sacculana (Bosc, 1800). Synonyms:

Clydonopteron tecomae (Riley, 1880)

This species was described in 1800 by Bosc, who originally placed it in genus Pyralis.

I could find no evidence that the combination "Satole sacculana" was ever published as a scientific name -- or a synonym of one. As far as I can tell, the combination first appeared as an error on a web site a few years ago, and seems to have propagated to several sites since then. The genus Clydonopteron (Riley 1880) contains 1 North American species (sacculana) described by Bosc in 1800. The genus Satole (Dyar 1908) contains 1 North American species (ligniperdalis) described by Dyar in 1908. As far as I know, neither of these species was ever placed in the other genus by a taxonomist. [RM, 12 May 2007]

Explanation of Names

From Latin sacculus- "little sac"

Numbers

the only species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

Wingspan 15-25 mm (1)

Identification

Adult: forewing costa very wavy; forewing brownish-crimson, washed with orange to PM line; some gray shading in subterminal area; white dash inward from costa at top of PM line (1)

some specimens have purplish shading to PM line

some specimens have black elliptical markings and prominent white spots in AM area of forewing (see photos near bottom of this page)

Range

Southeastern United States: Washington DC to Florida, west to Missouri and Texas (1)

Season

adults fly May-August (1), into October (BugGuide photos)

Food

larvae feed on (and pupate in) seedpods of Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) (1)

Print References

Covell, p. 405, plate 59 #5 (1)

Internet References

live and pinned adult images by various photographers (Moth Photographers Group)

9 pinned adult images plus collection site map (All-Leps)

pinned adult image by M.A. Solis (U. of Maryland, leptree.net)

live adult image and common name reference [Trumpet Vine Moth] (Bob Patterson, Maryland)

live adult images by Randy Newman (North Carolina State Parks System)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

presence in Texas; list (James Gillaspy, U. of Texas)

author and date of Clydonopteron genus and its single species (nearctica.com)

author and date of Satole genus and its single species (nearctica.com)

Bulletin des Sciences par la Société philomathique Paris, v.2, n.39,p.115 Bosc's original description of "Pyralis sacculana" (in French)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 17 October, 2004 - 9:59pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Chuck Entz
Last updated 8 August, 2009 - 5:00pm

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