Carmenta anthracipennis

Carmenta anthracipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Carmenta
Species: C. anthracipennis
Binomial name
Carmenta anthracipennis
(Boisduval, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Sesia anthracipennis Boisduval, 1875
  • Carmenta sanborni Edwards, 1881
  • Aegeria morula (Edwards, 1881)

Carmenta anthracipennis, the liatris borer moth, is a moth of the Sesiidae family.[1] It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875, and is known from the United States, including Florida, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois.

The larvae bore through the stems of Liatris species.

References

  1. "''Carmenta'' at funet.fi". Nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.