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Buckwheat Root Borer Clearwing Moth
Synanthedon polygoni
33.1856, -117.057
Field Notes
Description:
Beautiful red and blue moth with the hind wings having clear windows. This species can be found in orange as well from March to September.
Habitat:
On Buckwheat flowers in chaparral about 2000 ft in elevation. Range is "Chihuahua and northern Baja California (Mexico) to Alaska, Nevada to Colorado and North Dakota east to southern Quebec."
Notes:
First for Project Noah! The species name was given due to the plant it was first discovered on, Polygonum (knotweed, waterweed). Ironically, the common name is of a different plant (Buckwheat) that this is also found on.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 17, 2014
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