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Trumpet Vine Moth
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Butterflies & moths

Trumpet Vine Moth

Clydonopteron sacculana Bosc, 1800

Names

EnglishTrumpet Vine Moth
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameClydonopteron sacculana Bosc, 1800

About this species

Clydonopteron sacculana, the trumpet vine moth, is a species of snout moth. It was described by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1800. It is found in the West Indies, Brazil and Argentina. In North America, it is found from Washington, DC to Florida, west to Missouri and Texas.

Wingspan 15–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on the seed pods of Campsis radicans.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPyralidae
GenusClydonopteron

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2025First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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