| Moths of North Dakota |
Sesiidae: Sesiinae: Synanthedonini |
Podosesia syringae (Harris 1839)
| Common name: Ash borer/ Lilac borer.
Hodges #: 2589. Identification: Rfw 14.4 mm, moth is wasp-like with clavate antennae, metathoracic leg with 1st tarsal segment as long as tibia. Similar species: 2532, 2536. Distribution: southern Canada, southward to Florida and Utah with isolated populations in California and Washington. Hosts: larvae are branch and trunk borers in Fraxinus pennsylvanicus Marsh.– Green Ash and Syringa vulgare L.– Lilac.
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ND, Cass Co., south Fargo, reared ex. Fraxinus pennsylvanicus, emerged 12- VI- 1995, coll. G. Fauske, C. Locken.
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