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Sesiidae 55a0075 – 2543   Sesia tibiale (Harris, 1839)              American Hornet Moth

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Description/ Field Marks: Male: "Note the red in the discal spot and the typical antennae" (Handfield & Handfield 2024) Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: tibiale (Harris, 1839) (Trochilium) - MONA 1983: 2543 anonyma (Strand, 1925) (Aegeria) Note: Treated as "Unplaced" in Handfield & Handfield (2024). flavitibia (Walker, 1856) (Melittia) melanoformis (Engelhardt, 1946) (Aegeria)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) 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. Handfield, L. & N. Handfield, 2024. A new species of Sesia from northeastern North America and a resurrected species (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae). Lepidoptera Novae, 17(3): 89-116. 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 Species Page at iNaturalist U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Type (var. dyari)

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