![]() The Snowberry Clearwing’s back is yellow and black. ![]() Hummingbird Clearwings are easily identified by their fuzzy burgundy and green backs. Although both are found throughout North America, the Hummingbird Clearwing is abundant in the east and the Snowberry Clearwing is more often seen in the west. Two are most common: the Hummingbird Clearwing and the Snowberry Clearwing ( Hemaris diffinis). This member of the hawk moth family ( Sphingidae) is one of four clearwing moth species in North America. Notice the transparent wings which gives this moth its name. Hummingbird Clearwings can be distinguished from other hummingbird moths by the green and burgundy back. Hummingbird Clearwing Moth ( Hemaris thysbe) feeding on Lantana. On closer inspection, I realized I had spotted instead a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth ( Hemaris thysbe). I was looking forward to seeing a Ruby-throated Hummingbird ( Archilochus colubris). Also, they also make a deep humming sound when under stress.Fooled again! While I was in my garden the other day, in the distance I saw a flash of wings and a tiny body bobbing in and out among the flowers. The Pellucid Hawkmoth is a diurnal insect and does not much respond to light. The Cephonodes hylas feed primarily upon the leaves of the coffee plant and pomegranate – good diet. They inhabit a variety of habitats, and provided the temperatures are warm enough and the right types of vegetation are present, they seem to thrive. ![]() The insect has a rather wide distribution and lives primarily in areas of India, Japan, Africa, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Australia, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It is also a beautiful cross between a cicada, a moth, and a glass winged butterfly. The Pellucid Hawk Moth, Cephonodes hylas, or Coffee clearwing, is a moderately large species of moth. Pellucid Hawkmoth Distribution, Habitat, and Ecology Source: In short, this is a beautiful moth worth spotting. The abdomen is somewhat tapered in shape and can be yellow, green, or orange. In adult individuals, the thorax is habitually also bright green. The legs and face are usually a light gray in color, and head and spiracles – mostly dark blue.īroad bands of yellow and red with a dark edging cross the body of the insect, which is stout in shape and reminds of the body of the bumblebee. The caterpillar is a beautiful bright green. They commonly possess black edging, as well as thin black veins throughout them. The wings are an unusual triangular shape and wispy thin. Most interestingly, the wings are transparent and reflect most light (creating antireflection) which makes the species difficult to see. Luna Moth White Ermine Comet Moth Source: ĬC License: Pellucid Hawk Moth Physical DescriptionĬephonodes hylas can possess a wingspan of up to 3 in (7.5 cm). Its greatest threat, however, obviously comes in the form of the ongoing effects of climate change. Habitat loss naturally poses a possible danger. The beautiful Lepidoptera nonetheless faces the same potential threats as many other species around the world.The IUCN, therefore, presently has no listing for it. This further appears to be true throughout the entirety of its range. For the moment, at least, the Pellucid Hawkmoth appears to b maintaining a sizeable and stable population base.The Swedish zoologist and botanist Carl Linnaeus made the first official recognition of it as a separate and distinct species. It actually shares its place in the annals of science with many others species, due to who recognized it.That’s because it’s the somewhat hard to pronounce term of Cephonodes hylas. Their name for it, though, isn’t nearly as simple to pronounce as the others that it goes by. Scientists, meanwhile, know it by quite a different term, as is the norm.These include the terms of the coffee clearwing and the coffee bee hawkmoth. The marvel of Nature also goes by several alternates, however. ![]()
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