Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
Genus: Melittia
Species: Cucurbitae (formerly Satyriniformis)
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Clearwing Moths
Page Last Updated: October 19 2019
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Albuna
Species: Fraxini
More Squash Vine Borer Moths
Updated January 15 2009
Family: Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
5 species
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
Genus: Sesia
Species: Apiformis
More European Hornet Moths
Updated November 26 2012
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Larva feeds on Poplar (genus Populus)
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family: Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
Genus: Pennisetia
Species: Marginata
More Raspberry Crown Borer Moths
Updated August 13 2013
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Larva bore into and feed on stems of Raspberry and
Blueberry
Blueberry
Squash Vine Borer Moth on Japanese Knotweed - approx. 2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - August 2007
European Hornet Moth on Red-osier Dogwood - approx. 2.5 cm - Leslie Spit - June 2010
Raspberry Crown Borer Moth on Dog-strangling Vine - approx. 1.3 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2013
More Virginia Creeper Clearwing Moths
Updated August 6 2017
Virginia Creeper Clearwing - approx. 2 cm - Terra Cotta Conservation Area - August 2017
Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Genus: Synanthedon
Species: Acerrubri
Family: Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Red Maple Borer - approx. 1 cm - Speyside (Halton Hills) - July 2017
Also known as Maple Clearwing - Synanthedon acerni
(Maple Callus Borer) is similar but has yellow forewings in
the subterminal area
(Maple Callus Borer) is similar but has yellow forewings in
the subterminal area