Carmenta brachyclados

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Sesiidae
Subfamilia: Sesiinae
Tribus: Synanthedonini
Genus: Carmenta
Species: Carmenta brachyclados

Name

Carmenta brachyclados Sterling & Lees, 2024.

Holotype: female ♀, wingspan 18 mm, fwl 8 mm, Central GUYANA, ex seedpod fragment Mora excelsa (det. DNA barcode), accidentally collected ca. 12 October 2023 (leg. Ashleigh Cadet) and transported to United Kingdom, adult found live indoors, Wales, Neath, Port Talbot, 4 February 2024, leg. Daisy T. Cadet, specimen number NHMUK013700462, accession number BMNH(E) 2024-18.

Paratype: female ♀ same collection data as holotype except found dead in house, specimen number NHMUK013700463, slide number NHMUK014332461.

References

Primary references

Sterling, M.J., Cadet, D.T., Beasley, J. & Lees, D.C. 2024. A success for community science: Carmenta brachyclados sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae, Synanthedonini), a clearwing moth from Guyana discovered with its hostplant indoors in Wales (United Kingdom). Nota lepidopterologica 47: 201–218. DOI: 10.3897/nl.47.130138 . Reference page.

Additional references

Marshall, N. & Hoskin, R. 02-10-2024. "Tropical moths travel 4,500 miles from Guyana to Port Talbot". BBC. Accessed: 3 October 2024.

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