Carmenta bassiformis

Carmenta bassiformis, the eupatorium borer moth or ironweed clearwing moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae.^[1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1856, and is found in the United States from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Wisconsin, Kansas and Texas.^[2]

Carmenta bassiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Carmenta
Species:	C. bassiformis
Binomial name
Carmenta bassiformis (Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
Aegeria bassiformis Walker, 1856 Trochilium lustrans Grote, 1880 Aegeria aureopurpura Edwards, 1880 Aegeria bolli Edwards, 1881 Aegeria sexfasciata Edwards, 1881 Aegeria consimilis Edwards, 1881 Aegeria eupatorii Edwards, 1881 Aegeria imitata Edwards, 1881

The wingspan is 18–26 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to September.

The larvae feed on the roots of ironweed and Joe-Pye weed.