Carmenta theobromae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Carmenta |
Species: | C. theobromae |
Binomial name | |
Carmenta theobromae (Busck, 1910) | |
Synonyms | |
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Carmenta theobromae, the cocoa fruit borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. [1] It was described by August Busck in 1910, and is known from Colombia and Venezuela.
The larvae of the species feed on Theobroma cacao . They perforate the pods of their host plant and are considered a serious pest. [2]
Carmenta albociliata is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Engelhardt in 1925. It is known from North America, including Texas and Arizona.
Carmenta anthracipennis, the liatris borer moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875, and is known from the United States, including Florida, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois.
Carmenta apache is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by George Paul Engelhardt in 1946. It is known only from Arizona in the United States.
Carmenta arizonae is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by William Beutenmüller in 1898. It is known from the US state of Arizona.
Carmenta auritincta, the Arizona clearwing moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Engelhardt in 1925. It is known from south-eastern Arizona and northern Mexico.
Carmenta bassiformis, the eupatorium borer moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856, and is found in the United States from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Wisconsin, Kansas and Texas.
Carmenta engelhardti is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth and Thomas Drake Eichlin in 1973. It is known from Arizona in the United States.
Carmenta mariona is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by William Beutenmüller in 1900. It is found in the United States from Montana, south to Arizona and east to Kansas.
Carmenta odda is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth and Thomas Drake Eichlin in 1977. It is found in the United States from South Carolina to Florida.
Carmenta ogalala is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Engelhardt in 1946. It is known from Colorado.
Carmenta phoradendri, the mistletoe borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by George Paul Engelhardt in 1946. It is known from south-eastern Arizona and southern Texas in the United States and from Mexico.
Carmenta prosopis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1882, and is known from northern Mexico, and south-western United States.
Carmenta querci is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1882, and is known from the United States, including Colorado and Arizona.
Carmenta rubricincta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by William Beutenmüller in 1909. It is known from North America, including Arizona.
Carmenta suffusata is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by George Paul Engelhardt in 1946. It is known from the United States, including Florida, Oklahoma and Kansas.
Carmenta welchelorum is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth and Thomas Drake Eichlin in 1977. It is known from south-central Texas in the United States.
Carmenta wellerae is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by W. Donald Duckworth and Thomas Drake Eichlin in 1976. It is known from southern Arizona in the US and northern Mexico. The habitat consists of mountains and foothills.
Carmenta haematica, the Argentine root borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Ureta in 1956, and is known from Argentina and Chile.
Carmenta guyanensis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Ferdinand Le Cerf in 1917, and is known from Brazil, French Guiana, Bolivia, and Peru.
Carmenta laurelae is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was described by Larry N. Brown, Thomas D. Eichlin and J. Wendell Snow in 1985, and is known from the US state of Florida.
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