Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Sesiidae > Carmenta > Carmenta giliae

Carmenta giliae

Synonyms: Aegeria deceptiva; Aegeria giliae; Albuna vitrina; Carmenta woodgatei

Wikipedia Abstract

Carmenta giliae is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Edwards in 1881, and is found from western Alberta to north-western British Columbia, south to Arizona and New Mexico. The habitat consists of mid to high elevation montane meadows. The wingspan is about 25 mm. The larvae bore in the roots of wild Geranium species.
View Wikipedia Record: Carmenta giliae

Prey / Diet

Geranium erianthum (woolly geranium)[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0