Albuna fraxini

Virginia creeper clearwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Albuna
Species:	A. fraxini
Binomial name
	Albuna fraxini; (Edwards, 1881)[1]
Synonyms
	Carmenta fraxini Edwards, 1881 ; Harmonia morrisoni (Edwards, 1882) ; Albuna fraxini f. vitriosa Engelhardt, 1946 ;

Albuna fraxini, the Virginia creeper clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from the northern United States and southern Canada.[2]

Life Cycle

Larva

The wingspan is about 18 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from June to August. Adults generally only live for a week. Females emit pheromones to attract mates soon after emerging from pupae. [4]

The larvae feed on Virginia creeper, white, red, green, and European ash, and sometimes mountain-ash.

References

Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
Bug Guide
mothphotographersgroup
"Virginia Creeper Clearwing Moth – Albuna fraxini Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)". North American Insects and Spiders. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

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[1] Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Bug Guide

[3] thphotographersgroup

[4] "Virginia Creeper Clearwing Moth – Albuna fraxini Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)". North American Insects and Spiders. Retrieved 10 July 2020.