Carmenta haematica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Carmenta |
Species: | C. haematica
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Binomial name | |
Carmenta haematica (Ureta, 1956)
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Carmenta haematica, the Argentine root borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae.[1] It was described by Ureta in 1956, and is known from Argentina and Chile.
Adults are day flying and have orange (female) or clear (male) wings with a wingspan of 20–24 mm. Adults emerge in late summer, and larvae develop during the fall, winter and spring.[2]