Holly Borer

Synanthedon kathyae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae

North American moths represent about 12,000 types of moths. In comparison, there are about 825 species of North American butterflies. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Distribution

Holly Borer — (c) Joshua Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 44

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Joshua Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionList of moths of North America (MONA 2312–2700.1), Wikipedia contributors

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