Blazing Star Borer Moth

Carmenta anthracipennis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae

Carmenta anthracipennis, the liatris borer moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875, and is known from the United States, including Florida, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois. The larvae bore through the stems of Liatris species.

Distribution

Blazing Star Borer Moth — (c) psweet, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by psweet · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 7United States of America · 7

Sources and credits

Photo(c) psweet, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by psweet · CC-BY-SA DescriptionCarmenta anthracipennis, Wikipedia contributors

Blazing Star Borer Moth

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