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Carmenta surinamensis

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Carmenta surinamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Carmenta
Species:
C. surinamensis
Binomial name
Carmenta surinamensis
(Möschler, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Sesia surinamensis Möschler, 1878
  • Aegeria corporalis Meyrick, 1930

Carmenta surinamensis is a moth of the family Sesiidae.[1] It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1878, and is known from Brazil, Surinam, Guyana, Trinidad, Panama, and Costa Rica. The larva of the species have been found on seeds of the plant Prioria copaifera, as well as plants in the genera Pentaclethra, and Mora.

References

  1. ^ Markku Savela. "Carmenta". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2011-12-16.


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