Carmenta giliae

Carmenta giliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Carmenta
Species: C. giliae
Binomial name
Carmenta giliae
(Edwards, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Aegeria giliae Edwards, 1881
  • Albuna vitrina Neumoegen, 1891
  • Aegeria deceptiva Beutenmüller, 1894
  • Carmenta giliae f. woodgatei Engelhardt, 1946

Carmenta giliae is a moth of the Sesiidae family.[1] It was described by Edwards in 1881, and is found from western Alberta to north-western British Columbia, south to Arizona and New Mexico. The habitat consists of mid to high elevation montane meadows.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae bore in the roots of wild Geranium species.

References

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

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