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UnidentifiedUnidentified moth? wasp in Florida Everglades
Please identify this critter if you can. I thought it was either a Faithful Beauty or an Oleander moth, but after looking at your web site, I am wrong. I have no clue.
Thanks
Linda
Hi Linda,
This is one of the Wasp Moths, but we are not sure of the species. We will post your image and if we are lucky, someone will write in and identify it. We later contacted noted lepidopterist Julian P. Donahue who gave us the following identification: “it’s Syntomeida ipomoeae (spelled it right from memory, but I had to check!), Arctiidae: Ctenuchinae. Holland (1903) called it the “Yellow-banded Wasp-moth), while Covell (1984) calls it the “Yellow-banded Wasp Moth). This family happens to be one that I specialize in. Gotta run, Julian “
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