Carmenta haematica, the Argentine root borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae.[1] It was described by Ureta in 1956, and is known from Argentina and Chile.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Carmenta |
| Species: | C. haematica
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| Binomial name | |
| Carmenta haematica (Ureta, 1956)
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Adults are day flying and have orange (female) or clear (male) wings with a wingspan of 20–24 mm. Adults emerge in late summer, and larvae develop during the fall, winter and spring.[2]
References
edit- ^ Markku Savela. "Carmenta". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ "Bionomics of Carmenta haematica (Ureta) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Which Attacks Snakeweeds (Gutierrezia spp) in Argentina" (PDF). Biological Control. 5: 11–24. doi:10.1006/bcon.1995.1002.