Clydonopteron sacculana, the trumpet vine moth, is a species of snout moth. It was described by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1800.[1] It is found in the West Indies, Brazil and Argentina.[2] In North America, it is found from Washington, DC to Florida, west to Missouri and Texas.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Clydonopteron |
| Species: | C. sacculana
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Wingspan 15–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on the seed pods of Campsis radicans.
References
edit- ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "Clydonopteron Riley, 1880" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms