''Clydonopteron sacculana'', the trumpet vine moth, is a species of
snout moth. It was described by
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1800.
It is found in the
West Indies
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,
Brazil
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and
Argentina
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.
"''Clydonopteron'' Riley, 1880"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' In North America, it is found from Washington, DC
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to Florida
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, west to Missouri
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and Texas
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.
Wingspan 15–25 mm. The forewings are brownish crimson, washed with orange to the postmedial line. The costa is wavy and there is some gray shading in the subterminal area and a white dash. Adults are on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on the seed pods of ''Campsis radicans
''Campsis radicans'', the trumpet vine, yellow trumpet vine, or trumpet creeper (also known in North America as cow itch vine or hummingbird vine), is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae, native to the eastern United States, ...
''. Pupation also takes place in the seed pods.
References
Chrysauginae
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1800
Taxa named by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
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