Carmenta brachyclados

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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.

Type locality: Central Guyana.

Holotype: female ♀, wingspan 18 mm, fwl 8 mm, 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.