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'''''Carmenta bassiformis''''', the '''eupatorium borer moth''', is a [[moth]] of the family [[Sesiidae]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/sesioidea/sesiidae/sesiinae/carmenta/index.html |title=''Carmenta'' |author=Markku Savela|work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |date= |accessdate=2011-12-16}}</ref> It was described by [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Francis Walker]] in 1856, and is found in the United States from [[Massachusetts]] to [[Florida]], west to [[Wisconsin]], [[Kansas]] and [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=6320 |title=Butterflies and Moths of North America |publisher=Butterfliesandmoths.org |accessdate=2011-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620080735/http://butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=6320 |archive-date=2010-06-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
'''''Carmenta bassiformis''''', the '''eupatorium borer moth''' or '''ironweed clearwing moth''', is a [[moth]] of the family [[Sesiidae]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/sesioidea/sesiidae/sesiinae/carmenta/index.html |title=''Carmenta'' |author=Markku Savela|work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |date= |accessdate=2011-12-16}}</ref> It was described by [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Francis Walker]] in 1856, and is found in the United States from [[Massachusetts]] to [[Florida]], west to [[Wisconsin]], [[Kansas]] and [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=6320 |title=Butterflies and Moths of North America |publisher=Butterfliesandmoths.org |accessdate=2011-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620080735/http://butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=6320 |archive-date=2010-06-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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The [[wingspan]] is 18–26 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to September. |
The [[wingspan]] is 18–26 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to September. |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Carmenta |
| Species: | C. bassiformis
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| Carmenta bassiformis (Walker, 1856)
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Carmenta bassiformis, the eupatorium borer moth or ironweed clearwing moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae.[1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1856, and is found in the United States from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Wisconsin, Kansas and Texas.[2]
The wingspan is 18–26 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to September.
The larvae feed on the roots of ironweed and Joe-Pye weed.
References
- ^ Markku Savela. "Carmenta". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ "Butterflies and Moths of North America". Butterfliesandmoths.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
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