Photo Details - ŠNicky
Davis
Located at Mercur,
Tooele County, Utah
Larvae feed
on the roots of desert globemallow
(Sphaeraicea ambigua, Malvaceae), gray
globemallow (S. incana), Munro's globemallow
(S. Munroana) Lozano's false Indianmallow
(Pseudabutilon lozanii, Malvaceae.
Reportedly on lower stems not roots.
References from Bugguide
Duckworth,
W.D & T.D. Eichlin 1978. The Clearwing
Moths of California (Lepidoptera:
Sesiidae). California Department Of Food
and Agriculture Occasional Papers in
Entomology 27: 1-80, f.1-40, pl.1-8 (PDF) (1)
Eichlin,
T.D. 1992. Clearwing Moths of Baja
California, Mexico (Lepidoptera:
Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 3(2):
135-150 (PDF) (4)
Engelhardt,
G.P. 1946. The North American Clear-wing
Moths of the family Aegeriidae. USNM
Bulletin 190: 197 (2)
Heinrich,
C. 1921. Some Lepidoptera Likely To Be
Confused with the Pink Bollworm. Journal
of Agricultural Research 20(11): 826-827 (3)
Neumoegen,
B. 1891. Some new and beautiful
Aegeriadae. Entomological news, and
proceedings of the Entomological Section
of the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia 2(6): 108-109
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