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Sesiidae
55a0057 – 2513   Pennisetia marginatum (Harris, 1839)
             Raspberry Crown Borer

© Edna Woodward
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:
  • marginatum (Harris, 1839) (Trochilium) - MONA 1983: 2513
  • albicoma (Hulst, 1883) (Bembecia)
  • flavipes (Hulst, 1881) (Sesia)
  • odyneripennis (Walker, 1856) (Aegeria)
  • pleciaeformis (Walker, 1856) (Aegeria)
  • rubi (Riley, 1874) (Aegeria)
  • References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Engelhardt, G.P., 1946. The North American clear-wing moths of the family Aegeridae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 190: 192.
    • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
    • Harris, T.W., 1839. Descriptive catalogue of the North American insects belonging to the Linnaean genus Sphinx in the cabinet of Thaddeus William Harris. The American Journal of Science and Arts, 36: 309.
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 12.41f; p. 123. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Mass Moths
    Pennisetia marginatum
    © Anthony W. Thomas - f.
    Pennisetia marginatum
    © Anthony W. Thomas - m.
    Pennisetia marginatum
    © Tom Murray
    Pennisetia marginatum
    © Patrick Coin
    Pennisetia marginatum
    © Davie Rolnick
    Pennisetia marginatum
    © Tom Murray
    Pennisetia marginatum
    f. – © Anthony W. Thomas
    Pennisetia marginatum
    m. – © Anthony W. Thomas
    Pennisetia marginatum
    CalPhotos – © Jerry Powell
    Pennisetia marginatum
    27mm – © Jim Vargo
    Pennisetia marginatum
    © Phil Huntley-Franck


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