Carmenta (moth)
Encyclopedia
Carmenta is a genus of moth
s in the Sesiidae
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Sesiidae
Sesiidae
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are family of the Lepidoptera in which the wings partially have hardly any of the normal lepidopteran scales, leaving them transparent. The bodies are generally striped with yellow, red or white, sometimes very brightly, and they have simple antennae...
family.
Species
- Carmenta albociliataCarmenta albociliataCarmenta albociliata is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Engelhardt in 1925. It is known from North America, including Texas and Arizona.-External links:*...
(Engelhardt, 1925) - Carmenta anthracipennisCarmenta anthracipennisThe Liatris Borer Moth is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Boisduval in 1875, and is known from the United States, including Florida, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois....
(Boisduval, [1875]) - Carmenta apacheCarmenta apacheCarmenta apache is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Engelhardt in 1946. It is known only from Arizona.-External links:*...
Engelhardt, 1946 - Carmenta arizonaeCarmenta arizonaeCarmenta arizonae is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Beutenmüller in 1898. It is known from Arizona.-External links:*...
(Beutenmüller, 1898) - Carmenta armasataCarmenta armasataCarmenta armasata is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Druce in 1892. It is known from Texas.-External links:*...
(Druce, 1892) - Carmenta auritinctaCarmenta auritinctaThe Arizona Clearwing Moth is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Engelhardt in 1925. It is known from south-eastern Arizona and northern Mexico.-External links:*...
(Engelhardt, 1925) - Carmenta bassiformisCarmenta bassiformisThe Eupatorium Borer Moth is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1856, and is found from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Wisconsin, Kansas and Texas....
(Walker, 1856) - Carmenta chromolaenaeCarmenta chromolaenaeCarmenta chromolaenae is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is native to Venezuela, but was introduced to South Africa for the biological control of Chromolaena odorata.The length of the forewings is 4-7 mm....
Eichlin, 2009 - Carmenta corniCarmenta corniThe Aster Borer Moth is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Edwards in 1881. It is known from North America, including Wisconsin.Adults are on wing from July to August....
(Edwards, 1881) - Carmenta engelhardtiCarmenta engelhardtiCarmenta engelhardti is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Duckworth and Eichlin in 1973. It is known from Arizona.It was collected on Brickellia foliage found along small creeks in the Patagonia and Huachuca Mountains in August....
Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973 - Carmenta flaschkaiCarmenta flaschkaiCarmenta flaschkai is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Eichlin in 1993. It is known from North America, including Texas....
Eichlin, 1993 - Carmenta giliaeCarmenta giliaeCarmenta giliae is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Edwards in 1881, and is found from western Alberta to north-western British Columbia, south to Arizona and New Mexico. The habitat consists of mid to high elevation montane meadows....
(Edwards, 1881) - Carmenta ithacaeCarmenta ithacaeCarmenta ithacae is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Beutenmüller in 1897. It is known from North America, including Florida, Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Virginia and Wisconsin....
(Beutenmüller, 1897) - Carmenta laurelaeCarmenta laurelaeCarmenta laurelae is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Brown, Eichlin and Snow in 1985, and is known from Florida, U.S.A.The length of the forewings is 9–10 mm....
Brown, Eichlin & Snow, 1985 - Carmenta marionaCarmenta marionaCarmenta mariona is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Beutenmüller in 1900. It is found from Montana, south to Arizona and east to Kansas.Adults are on wing from June to August....
(Beutenmüller, 1900d) - Carmenta mimuliCarmenta mimuliThe Coronopus Borer is a moth of the Sesiidae family. The dark form is the typical form and is found in Arizona. The whitish form is non-typical and is known from the south-western United States, from Kansas to Arizona....
(Edwards, 1881) - Carmenta oddaCarmenta oddaCarmenta odda is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Duckworth and Eichlin in 1977. It is found from South Carolina to Florida.-External links:*...
Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977 - Carmenta ogalalaCarmenta ogalalaCarmenta ogalala is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Engelhardt in 1946. It is known from Colorado.-External links:*...
Engelhardt, 1946 - Carmenta palleneCarmenta palleneCarmenta pallene is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Druce in 1889. It was described from Tabasco in Mexico, but it is also known from Arizona.-External links:*...
(Druce, 1889) - Carmenta phoradendriCarmenta phoradendriThe Mistletoe Borer is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Engelhardt in 1946. It is known from south-eastern Arizona, Mexico and southern Texas.Adults are on wing in August and September....
Engelhardt, 1946 - Carmenta prosopisCarmenta prosopisCarmenta prosopis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by H. Edwards in 1882, and is known from northern Mexico, and south-western United States.The larvae feed on mesquites.-External links:*...
(Edwards, 1882b:99) - Carmenta pyralidiformisCarmenta pyralidiformisThe Boneset Borer is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1856. It is known from North America, including Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia....
(Walker, 1856) - Carmenta querciCarmenta querciCarmenta querci is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by H. Edwards in 1882, and is known from the U.S.A, including Colorado and Arizona.Larvae have been reared from galls on Quercus arizonica and Quercus oblongifolia....
(Edwards, 1882) - Carmenta rubricinctaCarmenta rubricinctaCarmenta rubricincta is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Beutenmüller in 1909. It is known from North America, including Arizona....
(Beutenmüller, 1909) - Carmenta subaereaCarmenta subaereaCarmenta subaerea is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Edwards in 1883 and is known from Arizona, U.S.A....
(Edwards, 1883) - Carmenta suffusataCarmenta suffusataCarmenta suffusata is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Engelhardt in 1946. It is known from southern North America, including Florida, Oklahoma and Kansas....
Engelhardt, 1946 - Carmenta tectaCarmenta tectaThe Mistletoe Stem Borer is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by H. Edwards in 1882. It is known from North America, including Arizona....
(Edwards, 1882) - Carmenta texanaCarmenta texanaThe Texana Clearwing Moth is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Edwards in 1881, and is known from Texas and Florida, U.S.A.The wingspan is about 22 mm.-External links:*...
(Edwards, 1881) - Carmenta tildeniCarmenta tildeniCarmenta tildeni is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Eichlin in 1995, and is known from Arizona and southern Texas, U.S.A, and Mexico.The wingspan is 8-10 mm for females....
Eichlin, 1995 - Carmenta verecundaCarmenta verecundaCarmenta verecunda is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Edwards in 1881, and is known from the U.S.A, including Colorado, Utah, California and Arizona.The larvae feed on Lithospermum ruderale.-External links:*...
(Edwards, 1881) - Carmenta welchelorumCarmenta welchelorumCarmenta welchelorum is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Duckworth and Eichlin in 1977. It is known from south-central Texas.-External links:*...
Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977 - Carmenta welleraeCarmenta welleraeCarmenta wellerae is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Duckworth and Eichlin in 1976. It is known from southern Arizona and northern Mexico. The habitat consists of mountains and foothills.Adults are on wing from July to September....
Duckworth & Eichlin, 1976 - Carmenta wielgusi Eichlin, 1987
- Carmenta aerosa (Zukowsky, 1936b:1236)
- Carmenta albicalcarata (Burmeister, 1878)
- Carmenta alopecura (Zukowsky, 1937)
- Carmenta andrewsi Eichlin, 1992
- Carmenta angarodes (Meyrick, 1921)
- Carmenta anomaliformis (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta asema (Zukowsky, 1936)
- Carmenta aurora (Philippi, 1859)
- Carmenta autremonti (Le Cerf, 1917)
- Carmenta basalis (Walker, [1865])
- Carmenta benoisti (Le Cerf, 1917)
- Carmenta bibio (Le Cerf, 1916b)
- Carmenta blaciformis (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta buprestiformis (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta ceraca (Druce, 1893)
- Carmenta chrysomelaena (Le Cerf, 1916)
- Carmenta coccidivora (Duckworth, 1969)
- Carmenta confusa (Butler, 1874)
- Carmenta crassicornis (Walker, [1865])
- Carmenta cristallina (Le Cerf, 1916)
- Carmenta daturae (Busck, 1920)
- Carmenta deceptura (Butler, 1874)
- Carmenta deipyla (Druce, 1883)
- Carmenta dimorpha (Le Cerf, 1916b)
- Carmenta dinetiformis (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta erici (Eichlin, 1992)
- Carmenta flavostrigata (Le Cerf, 1917)
- Carmenta foraseminisCarmenta foraseminisCarmenta foraseminis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Eichlin in 1995, and is known from Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil. The larva of the species have been found on plants of the species Gustavia angustifolia, Gustavia suberba, as well as plants in the genus...
Eichlin, 1995 - Carmenta fulvopyga (Le Cerf, 1911)
- Carmenta germaini (Le Cerf, 1916)
- Carmenta guatemalena (Druce, 1883)
- Carmenta guayaba Eichlin, 2003
- Carmenta guyanensisCarmenta guyanensisCarmenta guyanensis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Le Cerf in 1917, and is known from Brazil, French Guiana, Bolivia, and Peru....
(Le Cerf, 1917) - Carmenta haematicaCarmenta haematicaThe Argentine Root Borer is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Ureta in 1956, and is known from Argentina and Chile....
(Ureta, 1956) - Carmenta heinrichi (Schade, 1938)
- Carmenta hipsides (Druce, 1889)
- Carmenta infuscata (Le Cerf, 1911)
- Carmenta ischniformis (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta laeta (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta laticraspedontis (Zukowsky, 1936)
- Carmenta leptosoma Eichlin, 2002
- Carmenta lytaea (Druce, 1884)
- Carmenta macropyga (Le Cerf, 1911)
- Carmenta maeonia (Druce, 1889)
- Carmenta manilia (Druce, 1889)
- Carmenta mimosaCarmenta mimosaCarmenta mimosa is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is native to Central America , but has been introduced to Northern Territory of Australia in 1989....
Eichlin & Passoa, 1984 - Carmenta minima (Le Cerf, 1916)
- Carmenta munroei Eichlin, 2003
- Carmenta mydaides (Ureta, 1956)
- Carmenta panisciformis (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta panurgiformis (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta phyllis (Druce, 1884:33)
- Carmenta pittheis (Druce, 1899:203)
- Carmenta plaumanni Eichlin, 2002
- Carmenta plectisciformis (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta porizoniformis (Walker, 1856)
- Carmenta producta (Walker, [1865])
- Carmenta pyrosoma (Meyrick, 1918)
- Carmenta ruficaudis (Walker, [1865])
- Carmenta splendens Eichlin, 2002
- Carmenta surinamensisCarmenta surinamensisCarmenta surinamensis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Möschler in 1878, and is known from Brazil, Surinam, Guyana, Trinidad, Panama, and Costa Rica. The larva of the species have been found on seeds of the plant Prioria copaifera, as well as plants in the genera Pentaclethra,...
(Möschler, 1878) - Carmenta teleta (Le Cerf, 1916)
- Carmenta theobromaeCarmenta theobromaeThe Cocoa Fruit Borer is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Busck in 1910, and is known from Colombia and Venezuela....
(Busck, 1910) - Carmenta tucumana (Le Cerf, 1911)
- Carmenta unicolor (Walker, [1865])
- Carmenta votaria (Meyrick, 1921)
- Carmenta wagneri (Le Cerf, 1911)
- Carmenta whitelyi (Druce, 1899)
- Carmenta xanthomelanina (Zukowsky, 1936)
- Carmenta xanthoneura (Zukowsky, 1936b)