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Carmenta giliae

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

Carmenta giliae is a moth of the family Sesiidae.[1] It was described by Henry 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. ^ Savela, Markku. "Carmenta giliae (Edwards, 1881)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2018.


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