Syntomeida melanthus
| Syntomeida melanthus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Syntomeida |
| Species: | S. melanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Syntomeida melanthus (Cramer, [1779])[1][2] | |
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Syntomeida melanthus, the Black-banded Wasp Moth, is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1779. It is found in Arizona, southern and western Texas, the West Indies,[3] Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Venezuela.[4]
In the United States, adults have been recorded on wing from April to June and again from August to November.
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, mostly in the Convolvulaceae family.[5]
Subspecies
- Syntomeida melanthus melanthus
- Syntomeida melanthus albifasciata Butler, 1876 (Honduras, Mexico)
References
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