M.A.S. Volponi & P. Volponi, "A 130-year-old specimen brought back to life: A lost species of bee-mimicking clearwing moth, Heterosphecia tawonoides (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Osminiini), rediscovered in ...

The species is a clearwing moth and has been named Carmenta brachyclados, in reference to a characteristically short hindwing vein. Despite having never been catalogued in its native country ...

“When I first saw them, I knew they were clearwings and assumed it was a UK species like the six-banded clearwing. “For me, finding a new moth was exciting enough but at this point, I had no ...