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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
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Carmenta Edwards, 1881
is a synonym of Genus Antheraea Hübner, 1819
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		4179
190570
2444470		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		3816
189502
2439455		Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		3399
186457
2415487		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		1891
142849
2048615		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		322
33641
568299		Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 		Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		208
32654
567261		Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 		Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431		Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers		186
32290
560864		Families
Genera
Species

Section
 		Tineina
Stainton, 1857
98
10110
121799		Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 		Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
20
1290
17308		Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 		Sesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings		2
303
5069		Families
Genera
Species
FamilySesiidae
Boisduval, 1828
Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths		286
4955		Genera
Species
SubfamilySesiinae
Boisduval, 1828
Sesiines		152
3575		Genera
Species
TribeSynanthedonini
Niculescu, 1964
71
2156		Genera
Species
GenusCarmenta
Edwards, 1881
156Species
Subnodes of Carmenta Edwards, 1881
SpeciesCarmenta aerosa Zukowsky, 1936
SpeciesCarmenta albicalcarata Burmeister, 1878
SpeciesCarmenta albociliata Engelhardt, 1925
SpeciesCarmenta alopecura Zukowsky, 1937
SpeciesCarmenta andrewsi Eichlin, 1992
SpeciesCarmenta angarodes Meyrick, 1921
SpeciesCarmenta anomaliformis Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta anthracipennis Boisduval, 1875
Blazing Star Clearwing Moth, Blazingstar Borer Moth
SpeciesCarmenta apache Engelhardt, 1946
SpeciesCarmenta arizonae Beutenmüller, 1898
SpeciesCarmenta armasata Druce, 1892
SpeciesCarmenta asema Zukowsky, 1936
SpeciesCarmenta aurantis Engelhardt, 1946  ⇒ Carmenta pyralidiformis
SpeciesCarmenta aureopurpura Edwards, 1880
SpeciesCarmenta aureopurpurea Edwards, 1880  ⇒ Carmenta bassiformis
SpeciesCarmenta auritincta Engelhardt, 1925
Arizona Clearwing Moth
SpeciesCarmenta aurora Philippi, 1859
SpeciesCarmenta austini Engelhardt, 1946  ⇒ Thyranthrene metazonata
Horsenettle Borer
SpeciesCarmenta autremonti Le Cerf, 1917
SpeciesCarmenta basalis Walker, 1865
SpeciesCarmenta bassiformis Walker, 1856
Eupatorium Borer Moth, Ironweed clearwing
SpeciesCarmenta benoisti Le Cerf, 1917
SpeciesCarmenta benoistis
SpeciesCarmenta bibio Le Cerf, 1916
SpeciesCarmenta blaciformis Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta bolli Edwards, 1881
SpeciesCarmenta bollii Edwards, 1881
SpeciesCarmenta buprestiformis Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta caieta Druce, 1899
SpeciesCarmenta candescens Edwards, 1882
SpeciesCarmenta ceraca Druce, 1893
SpeciesCarmenta chromolaenae Eichlin, 2009
SpeciesCarmenta chrysomelaena Le Cerf, 1916
SpeciesCarmenta chrysophanes Meyrick, 1886  ⇒ Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes
Clearwing persimmon borer
SpeciesCarmenta coccidivora Duckworth, 1969
SpeciesCarmenta comes Heinrich, 1920  ⇒ Carmenta querci
SpeciesCarmenta commoni Duckworth, 1974  ⇒ Ichneumenoptera commoni
SpeciesCarmenta confusa Butler, 1874
SpeciesCarmenta consimilis Edwards, 1881  ⇒ Carmenta bassiformis
SpeciesCarmenta coquimbensis Ureta, 1956
SpeciesCarmenta corni Edwards, 1881
Aster Borer Moth
SpeciesCarmenta corporalis Meyrick, 1930
SpeciesCarmenta corusca Edwards, 1881
SpeciesCarmenta crassicornis Walker, 1865
SpeciesCarmenta cristallina Le Cerf, 1916
SpeciesCarmenta daturae Busck, 1920
SpeciesCarmenta deceptiva Beutenmüller, 1894  ⇒ Carmenta giliae
SpeciesCarmenta deceptura Butler, 1874
SpeciesCarmenta deipyla Druce, 1883
SpeciesCarmenta dimorpha Le Cerf, 1916
SpeciesCarmenta dinetiformis Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta engelhardti Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973
SpeciesCarmenta erasmia Zukowsky, 1950
SpeciesCarmenta erici Eichlin, 1992
SpeciesCarmenta eupatorii Edwards, 1881  ⇒ Carmenta bassiformis
SpeciesCarmenta flaschkai Eichlin, 1992
SpeciesCarmenta flavostrigata Le Cerf, 1917
SpeciesCarmenta florisantella Cockerell, 1908
SpeciesCarmenta florissantella Cockerell, 1908
SpeciesCarmenta foraseminis Eichlin, 1995
Cocoa pod borer
SpeciesCarmenta fraxini Edwards, 1881
SpeciesCarmenta fulvopyga Le Cerf, 1911
SpeciesCarmenta germaini Le Cerf, 1916
SpeciesCarmenta giliae Edwards, 1881
1Subspecies
SpeciesCarmenta guatemalena Druce, 1883
SpeciesCarmenta guayaba Eichlin, 2000
SpeciesCarmenta guyanensis Le Cerf, 1917
1Subspecies
SpeciesCarmenta haematica Ureta, 1956
Argentine Root Borer
SpeciesCarmenta heinrichi Schade, 1938
SpeciesCarmenta hela
SpeciesCarmenta helenis Engelhardt, 1946
SpeciesCarmenta hematica
SpeciesCarmenta hipsides Druce, 1889
SpeciesCarmenta hirsuta Engelhardt, 1946
SpeciesCarmenta imitata Edwards, 1881  ⇒ Carmenta bassiformis
SpeciesCarmenta infirma Edwards, 1881  ⇒ Carmenta corni
SpeciesCarmenta infuscata Le Cerf, 1911
SpeciesCarmenta ischniformis Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta ithacae Beutenmüller, 1897
SpeciesCarmenta koebelei Edwards, 1881
SpeciesCarmenta laeta Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta laticraspedontis Zukowsky, 1936
SpeciesCarmenta laurelae Brown, Eichlin & Snow, 1985
SpeciesCarmenta leptosoma Eichlin, 2002
SpeciesCarmenta lustrans Grote, 1880  ⇒ Carmenta bassiformis
SpeciesCarmenta lytaea Druce, 1884
SpeciesCarmenta macropyga Le Cerf, 1911
SpeciesCarmenta maeonia Druce, 1889
SpeciesCarmenta manilia Druce, 1889
SpeciesCarmenta mariona Beutenmüller, 1900
SpeciesCarmenta melanocera Hampson, 1919
SpeciesCarmenta melini Bryk, 1953
SpeciesCarmenta mimosa Eichlin & Passoa, 1984
Mimosa stemboring moth
SpeciesCarmenta mimuli Edwards, 1881
Coronopus Borer, Coronopus Borer Moth
SpeciesCarmenta minima Le Cerf, 1916
SpeciesCarmenta minuta Edwards, 1881
SpeciesCarmenta morula Edwards, 1881  ⇒ Carmenta anthracipennis
SpeciesCarmenta munroei Eichlin, 2000
SpeciesCarmenta mydaides Ureta, 1956
SpeciesCarmenta nigella Hulst, 1881  ⇒ Carmenta pyralidiformis
SpeciesCarmenta nigra Edwards, 1881  ⇒ Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) clathrata
SpeciesCarmenta odda Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977
SpeciesCarmenta ogalala Engelhardt, 1946
SpeciesCarmenta pallene Druce, 1889
SpeciesCarmenta panisciformis Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta panurgiformis Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta panyasis Druce, 1899
SpeciesCarmenta phoradendri Engelhardt, 1946
Mistletoe Borer, Mistletoe Borer Moth
SpeciesCarmenta phyllis Druce, 1884
SpeciesCarmenta pittheis Druce, 1899
SpeciesCarmenta plaumanni Eichlin, 2002
SpeciesCarmenta plectisciformis Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta porizoniformis Walker, 1856
SpeciesCarmenta producta Walker, 1865
SpeciesCarmenta prosopis Edwards, 1882
Mesquite Clearwing Moth
SpeciesCarmenta pyralidiformis Walker, 1856
Boneset Borer, Boneset Borer Moth, Carmenta Clearwing Moth		1Subspecies
SpeciesCarmenta pyrosoma Meyrick, 1918
SpeciesCarmenta querci Edwards, 1882
Western Oakgall Clearwing
SpeciesCarmenta quercus Edwards, 1888
SpeciesCarmenta rubricincta Beutenmüller, 1909
SpeciesCarmenta rufa Butler, 1883
SpeciesCarmenta ruficaudis Walker, 1865
SpeciesCarmenta ruficornis Edwards, 1881
SpeciesCarmenta sanborni Boisduval, 1875  ⇒ Carmenta apache
Liatris Borer Moth
SpeciesCarmenta semitrista Zukowsky, 1936
SpeciesCarmenta sexfasciata Edwards, 1881  ⇒ Carmenta bassiformis
SpeciesCarmenta splendens Eichlin, 2002
SpeciesCarmenta subaerea Edwards, 1883
SpeciesCarmenta suffusata Engelhardt, 1946
SpeciesCarmenta surinamensis Möschler, 1878
SpeciesCarmenta tecta Edwards, 1882
Mistletoe Stem Borer
SpeciesCarmenta teleta Le Cerf, 1916
SpeciesCarmenta texana Edwards, 1881
Texana Clearwing, Texana Clearwing Moth
SpeciesCarmenta theobromae Busck, 1910
Cocoa Fruit Borer
SpeciesCarmenta tildeni Eichlin, 1995
SpeciesCarmenta torrancia Engelhardt, 1946  ⇒ Carmenta mimuli
Coronopus Borer
SpeciesCarmenta tucumana Le Cerf, 1911
SpeciesCarmenta tucumani
SpeciesCarmenta unicolor Walker, 1865
SpeciesCarmenta verecunda Edwards, 1881
SpeciesCarmenta vitrina Neumoegen, 1891  ⇒ Carmenta giliae
SpeciesCarmenta votaria Meyrick, 1921
SpeciesCarmenta wagneri Le Cerf, 1911
SpeciesCarmenta welchelorum Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977
SpeciesCarmenta wellerae Duckworth & Eichlin, 1976
SpeciesCarmenta whitelyi Druce, 1899
SpeciesCarmenta wielgusi Eichlin, 1987
SpeciesCarmenta wildishorum Taft & Cognato, 2017
SpeciesCarmenta wittfeldii Edwards, 1883  ⇒ Carmenta texana
SpeciesCarmenta woodgatei Engelhardt, 1946  ⇒ Carmenta giliae
SpeciesCarmenta xanthogyna Hampson, 1919  ⇒ Ichneumenoptera xanthogyna
SpeciesCarmenta xanthomelanina Zukowsky, 1936
SpeciesCarmenta xanthoneura Zukowsky, 1936

Synonyms
Parasesia (Le Cerf, 1916)
Rhipidura (Philippi, 1859)
Rhipidurina (Naumann, 1971)
Teleosphecia (Le Cerf, 1916)


Distribution of Carmenta Edwards, 1881
Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of the Congo, Republic South Africa, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe


Links, sources and further information
Carmenta at gbif.org
Carmenta at irmng.org