Raspberry Crown Borer Moth Pennisetia marginata Harris, 1839    Synonyms: Bembecia marginatum, Blackberry Clearwing Borer, Hodges #2513, Pennisetia marginatum, Sphecia marginatum, Trochilium marginatum.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Sesiidae   >   Genus Pennisetia   

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A female (filiform antennae) Raspberry Crown Borer in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/18/2014). Photo by Steve Scholnick. (MBP list)

A Raspberry Crown Borer Moth in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Wendy McCrady, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Wendy McCrady via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Raspberry Crown Borer Moth - a wasp-mimic moth - in Howard Co., Maryland (9/28/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A male (pectinate antennae) Raspberry Crown Borer in Baltimore City, Maryland (9/28/2007). Determined by Marius Aurelian/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

Raspberry Crown Borer Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/1/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Female Raspberry Crown Borer Moths in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/4/2023). Photo by Andrew Hazen. (MBP list)

Raspberry Crown Borer Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/1/2020). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A pair of Raspberry Crown Borer Moths in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/10/2017). Determined by William H. Taft and John and Jane Balaban via BugGuide. Photo by Pauline Horn. (MBP list)

Raspberry Crown Borer Moth in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/22/2023). (c) Lisa Mayo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Lisa Mayo via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Raspberry Crown Borer Moth in Somerset Co., Maryland (9/25/2021). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tom Feild. (MBP list)

Raspberry Crown Borers in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/21/2013). Note that the male in the foreground has feathered antennae. Photo by Hugh Vandervoort. (MBP list)

A Raspberry Crown Borer in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/5/2013). Photo by Raeven Davis. (MBP list)


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