Sesiidae
55a0075 –
2543 Sesia tibiale
(Harris, 1839)
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Description/
Field Marks: |
Male: "Note the red in the discal spot and the typical antennae" (Handfield & Handfield 2024) |
| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
tibiale Harris 1839 (Trochilium) - MONA 1983: 2543
anonyma Strand 1925 (Aegeria)
Note: Treated as "Unplaced" in Handfield & Handfield (2024).
flavitibia Walker 1856 (Melittia)
melanoformis Engelhardt 1946 (Aegeria) |
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| 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.
- Cockerell, TDA, 1908. New Sesiid Moths. The Canadian Entomologist, 40: 330.
- Engelhardt, G.P., 1946. The North American clear-wing moths of the family Aegeridae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 190: 175.
- 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.
- 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. 14.1f; p. 124. Book Review and ordering
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
- U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Type (var. dyari)
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