Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Family Sesiidae (Sesiid Moths)

Subfamily:

Carmenta rubricincta (Beutenmuller, 1909)

Subfamily: Sesiinae (Sesiines)

Alcathoe autumnalis Fall Clematis Clearwing Borer (Engelhardt, 1946 )
Alcathoe carolinensis Engelhardt, 1925
Alcathoe caudata Clematis Clearwing Moth (Harris, 1839)
Carmenta albociliata (Engelhardt, 1925)
Carmenta anthracipennis Blazing Star Borer Moth (Boisduval, 1875)
Carmenta apache Engelhardt, 1946
Carmenta armasata (Druce, 1892)
Carmenta bassiformis Eupatorium Borer Moth (Walker, 1856)
Carmenta corni (Edwards, 1881)
Carmenta engelhardti Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973
Carmenta giliae (Edwards, 1881)
Carmenta ithacae (Beutenmuller, 1897)
Carmenta mimuli (H. Edwards, 1881)
Carmenta phoradendri Mistletoe Borer (Engelhardt, 1946)
Carmenta pyralidiformis The Boneset Borer (Walker, 1856)
Carmenta texana Texana Clearwing (Edwards, 1881)
Carmenta verecunda (Edwards, 1881)
Carmenta wellerae Duckworth & Eichlin, 1976
Euhagena nebraskae H. Edwards, 1881
Melittia calabaza Southwestern Squash Vine Borer (Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973)
Melittia cucurbitae Squash Vine Borer Harris, 1828
Melittia gloriosa Glorious Squash Vine Borer (Edwards, 1880)
Melittia grandis (Strecker, 1881)
Melittia snowii H. Edwards, 1882
Palmia praecedens (H. Edwards, 1883)
Paranthrene asilipennis Oak Stump Borer Moth (Boisduval, 1829)
Paranthrene dollii (Neumoegen, 1894)
Paranthrene fenestrata Barnes & Lindsey, 1922
Paranthrene simulans Hornet Clearwing (Grote, 1881)
Parathrene tabaniformis Dusky Clearwing (Rottemburg, 1775)
Penstemonia clarkei (Engelhardt, 1946)
Podosesia aureocincta Banded Ash Clearwing Moth (Purrington & Neilsen, 1977)
Podosesia syringae Lilac Borer (Harris, 1839)
Sannina uroceriformis Persimmon Borer Moth (Walker, 1856)
Sesia apiformis European Hornet Moth (Clerck, 1759)
Sesia spartani (Eichlin & Taft, 1988)
Sesia tibialis (Harris, 1839)
Synanthedon acerni Maple Callus Borer Moth (Clemens, 1860)
Synanthedon acerrubri Red Maple Borer (Engelhardt, 1925)
Synanthedon albicornis Western Willow Clearwing (Edwards, 1881)
Synanthedon arkansasensis Arkansas Clearwing (Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973)
Synanthedon bibionipennis Strawberry Crown Moth (Boisduval, 1869)
Synanthedon bolteri Northern Willow Clearwing Moth (Edwards, 1883)
Synanthedon exitiosa Peachtree Borer Moth (Say, 1823)
Synanthedon fatifera Lesser Viburnum Clearwing Moth (Hodges, 1962)
Synanthedon fulvipes (Harris, 1839)
Synanthedon geliformis Pecan Bark Borer Moth (Walker, 1856)
Synanthedon kathyae Holly Borer Moth (Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977)
Synanthedon myopaeformis Apple Clearwing (Borkhausen, 1789)
Synanthedon pictipes Lesser Peachtree Borer Moth (Grote & Robinson, 1868)
Synanthedon pini Pitch Mass Borer (Kellicott, 1881)
Synanthedon polygoni Buckwheat Borer Moth (Edwards, 1881)
Synanthedon proxima Eastern Willow Clearwing Moth (Edwards, 1881)
Synanthedon pyri (Harris, 1830)
Synanthedon rhododendri Rhododendron Borer Moth (Beutenmuller, 1909)
Synanthedon richardsi (Engelhardt, 1946)
Synanthedon rileyana Riley's Clearwing (H. Edwards, 1881)
Synanthedon rubrofascia (Edwards, 1881)
Synanthedon sapygaeformis Florida Oak Gall Moth (Walker, 1856)
Synanthedon scitula (Harris, 1839)
Synanthedon sequoiae Sequoia Pitch Moth (Edwards, 1881)
Synanthedon tipuliformis Currant Borer Moth (Clerck, 1759)
Synanthedon viburni Viburnum Clearwing Moth (Engelhardt, 1925)

Subfamily: Tinthiinae (Tinthiines)

Albuna fraxini Virginia Creeper Borer Moth (H. Edwards, 1881)
Albuna pyramidalis Fireweed Clearwing Moth (Walker, 1856)
Paranthrene robiniae Western Poplar Clearwing Moth (Edwards, 1880)
Pennisetia marginata Raspberry Crown Borer Moth (Harris, 1839)
Sophona snellingi Eichlin, 1986
Vitacea polistiformis Grape Root Borer Moth (Harris, 1854)
Vitacea scepsiformis Lesser Grape Root Borer (Edwards, 1881)
Zenodoxus mexicanus Beutenmüller, 1897
Zenodoxus palmii (Neumoegen, 1891)
Zenodoxus rubens Engelhardt, 1946

Subfamily: Tortricinae (Tortricines)

Zenodoxus canescens (Edwards, 1881)

Photographs of Sesiidae


Alcathoe carolinensis
Apple Clearwing
Synanthedon myopaeformis
Grape Root Borer Moth
Vitacea polistiformis
Lesser Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon pictipes
Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon exitiosa
Rhododendron Borer Moth
Synanthedon rhododendri
Persimmon Borer Moth
Sannina uroceriformis
Peachtree Borer Moth
Synanthedon exitiosa

Penstemonia clarkei
Squash Vine Borer
Melittia cucurbitae
Buckwheat Borer Moth
Synanthedon polygoni

Synanthedon pyri