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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Sesiidae

550075.1 – 2543.01 – Sesia pacificum (Edwards, 1881) – Pacific Hornet Clearwing

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Sesia pacificum Edwards, 1881, rev. stat., is elevated from synonymy of Sesia tibiale (Harris, 1839) to full species in Handfield & Handfield (2024) and includes as synonyms californicum (Neumoegen 1891), californicum (Neumoegen 1891) and dyari (Cockerell 1908).

Edwards, H., 1881. New genera and species of the family Aegeridae. Papilio, 1(10): 179-208, 225.
Engelhardt, G.P., 1946. The North American clear-wing moths of the family Aegeridae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 190: 179; pl. 30, figs. 175, 176.
Handfield, L. & N. Handfield, 2024. A new species of Sesia from northeastern North America and a resurrected species (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 17(3): 89-116.
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