Carmenta mimosa

Carmenta mimosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Carmenta
Species:	C. mimosa
Binomial name
Carmenta mimosa Eichlin & Passoa, 1984

Carmenta mimosa is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is native to Central America (Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua), but has been introduced to the Northern Territory of Australia in 1989.

External links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Australian Insects
• Carmenta mimosa Factsheet
• Classification of the Superfamily Sesioidea (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine