Carmenta (moth) explained

Carmenta is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.

Species

• Carmenta aerosa (Zukowsky, 1936b:1236)
• Carmenta albicalcarata (Burmeister, 1878)
• Carmenta albociliata (Engelhardt, 1925)
• Carmenta alopecura (Zukowsky, 1937)
• Carmenta andrewsi Eichlin, 1992
• Carmenta angarodes (Meyrick, 1921)
• Carmenta anomaliformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta anthracipennis (Boisduval, [1875])
• Carmenta apache Engelhardt, 1946
• Carmenta arizonae (Beutenmüller, 1898)
• Carmenta armasata (Druce, 1892)
• Carmenta asema (Zukowsky, 1936)
• Carmenta auritincta (Engelhardt, 1925)
• Carmenta aurora (Philippi, 1859)
• Carmenta autremonti (Le Cerf, 1917)
• Carmenta basalis (Walker, [1865])
• Carmenta bassiformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta benoisti (Le Cerf, 1917)
• Carmenta bibio (Le Cerf, 1916b)
• Carmenta blaciformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta brachyclados Sterling & Lees, 2024^[1]
• Carmenta buprestiformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta ceraca (Druce, 1893)
• Carmenta chromolaenae Eichlin, 2009
• Carmenta chrysomelaena (Le Cerf, 1916)
• Carmenta coccidivora (Duckworth, 1969)
• Carmenta confusa (Butler, 1874)
• Carmenta corni (Edwards, 1881)
• Carmenta crassicornis (Walker, [1865])
• Carmenta cristallina (Le Cerf, 1916)
• Carmenta daturae (Busck, 1920)
• Carmenta deceptura (Butler, 1874)
• Carmenta deipyla (Druce, 1883)
• Carmenta dimorpha (Le Cerf, 1916b)
• Carmenta dinetiformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta engelhardti Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973
• Carmenta erici (Eichlin, 1992)
• Carmenta flaschkai Eichlin, 1993
• Carmenta flavostrigata (Le Cerf, 1917)
• Carmenta foraseminis Eichlin, 1995
• Carmenta fulvopyga (Le Cerf, 1911)
• Carmenta germaini (Le Cerf, 1916)
• Carmenta giliae (Edwards, 1881)
• Carmenta guatemalena (Druce, 1883)
• Carmenta guayaba Eichlin, 2003
• Carmenta guyanensis (Le Cerf, 1917)
• Carmenta haematica (Ureta, 1956)
• Carmenta heinrichi (Schade, 1938)
• Carmenta hipsides (Druce, 1889)
• Carmenta infuscata (Le Cerf, 1911)
• Carmenta ischniformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta ithacae (Beutenmüller, 1897)
• Carmenta laeta (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta laticraspedontis (Zukowsky, 1936)
• Carmenta laurelae Brown, Eichlin & Snow, 1985
• Carmenta leptosoma Eichlin, 2002
• Carmenta lytaea (Druce, 1884)
• Carmenta macropyga (Le Cerf, 1911)
• Carmenta maeonia (Druce, 1889)
• Carmenta manilia (Druce, 1889)
• Carmenta mariona (Beutenmüller, 1900d)
• Carmenta mimosa Eichlin & Passoa, 1984
• Carmenta mimuli (Edwards, 1881)
• Carmenta minima (Le Cerf, 1916)
• Carmenta munroei Eichlin, 2003
• Carmenta mydaides (Ureta, 1956)
• Carmenta odda Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977
• Carmenta ogalala Engelhardt, 1946
• Carmenta pallene (Druce, 1889)
• Carmenta panisciformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta panurgiformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta phoradendri Engelhardt, 1946
• Carmenta phyllis (Druce, 1884:33)
• Carmenta pittheis (Druce, 1899:203)
• Carmenta plaumanni Eichlin, 2002
• Carmenta plectisciformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta porizoniformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta producta (Walker, [1865])
• Carmenta prosopis (Edwards, 1882b:99)
• Carmenta pyralidiformis (Walker, 1856)
• Carmenta pyrosoma (Meyrick, 1918)
• Carmenta querci (Edwards, 1882)
• Carmenta rubricincta (Beutenmüller, 1909)
• Carmenta ruficaudis (Walker, [1865])
• Carmenta splendens Eichlin, 2002
• Carmenta subaerea (Edwards, 1883)
• Carmenta suffusata Engelhardt, 1946
• Carmenta surinamensis (Möschler, 1878)
• Carmenta tecta (Edwards, 1882)
• Carmenta teleta (Le Cerf, 1916)
• Carmenta texana (Edwards, 1881)
• Carmenta theobromae (Busck, 1910)
• Carmenta tildeni Eichlin, 1995
• Carmenta tucumana (Le Cerf, 1911)
• Carmenta unicolor (Walker, [1865])
• Carmenta verecunda (Edwards, 1881)
• Carmenta votaria (Meyrick, 1921)
• Carmenta wagneri (Le Cerf, 1911)
• Carmenta welchelorum Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977
• Carmenta wellerae Duckworth & Eichlin, 1976
• Carmenta whitelyi (Druce, 1899)
• Carmenta wielgusi Eichlin, 1987
• Carmenta xanthomelanina (Zukowsky, 1936)
• Carmenta xanthoneura (Zukowsky, 1936b)

Notes and References

1. Sterling. M.J.. . Cadet. D.T.. Beasley. J.. Lees. D.C.. species:David C. Lees. 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. 10.3897/nl.47.130138. free .