Syntomeida melanthus

Syntomeida melanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Syntomeida
Species:	S. melanthus
Binomial name
	Syntomeida melanthus; (Cramer, [1779])
Synonyms
	Sphinx melanthus Cramer, [1779]; Euchromia melanthus; Sphinx nycteus Stoll, [1780]; Euchromia apricans Walker, 1854; Syntomeida albifasciata Butler, 1876;

Syntomeida melanthus, the black-banded wasp moth, is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779. It is found in Arizona, southern and western Texas, the West Indies,^[3] Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Venezuela.

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In the United States, adults have been recorded on wing from April to June and again from August to November.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, mostly in the Convolvulaceae.^[4]

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