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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Sesiidae 550075 – 2543 – Sesia tibiale (Harris, 1839) – American Hornet Moth

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Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Cockerell, TDA, 1908. New Sesiid Moths. The Canadian Entomologist, 40: 330. Engelhardt, G.P., 1946. The North American clear-wing moths of the family Aegeridae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 190: 175. Harris, T.W., 1839. Descriptive catalogue of the North American insects belonging to the Linnaean genus Sphinx in the cabinet of Thaddeus William Harris. The American Journal of Science and Arts, 36: 309. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 14.1f; p. 124. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Type (var. dyari)

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