Clydonopteron sacculana

Clydonopteron sacculana, the trumpet vine moth, is a species of snout moth. It was described by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1800.[1] It is found in the West Indies, Brazil and Argentina.[2] In North America, it is found from Washington, DC to Florida, west to Missouri and Texas.

Clydonopteron sacculana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Clydonopteron
Species:
C. sacculana
Binomial name
Clydonopteron sacculana
(Bosc, 1800)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pyralis sacculana Bosc, 1800
  • Clydonopteron tecomae Riley, 1880

Wingspan 15–25 mm. The forewings are brownish crimson, washed with orange to the postmedial line. The costa is wavy and there is some gray shading in the subterminal area and a white dash. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on the seed pods of Campsis radicans. Pupation also takes place in the seed pods.

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. "Clydonopteron Riley, 1880" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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