Syntomeida melanthus

Syntomeida melanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Syntomeida
Species: S. melanthus
Binomial name
Syntomeida melanthus
(Cramer, [1779])[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx melanthus Cramer, [1779]
  • Euchromia melanthus
  • Sphinx nycteus Stoll, [1780]
  • Euchromia apricans Walker, 1854
  • Syntomeida albifasciata Butler, 1876

Syntomeida melanthus, the Black-banded Wasp Moth, is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1779. It is found in Arizona, southern and western Texas, the West Indies,[3] Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Venezuela.[4]

In the United States, adults have been recorded on wing from April to June and again from August to November.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, mostly in the Convolvulaceae family.[5]

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