Trumpet Vine Moth

Clydonopteron sacculana · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Pyralidae

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Trumpet Vine Moth
Photo: Justin Williams, CC BY

The trumpet vine moth (Clydonopteron sacculana) is a snout moth with a wingspan of 15 to 25 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Clydonopteron sacculana is a snout moth known as the trumpet vine moth.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Its wingspan ranges from about 15 to 25 millimetres.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in the West Indies, Brazil, Argentina and in the US from Washington, DC down to Florida and west to Missouri and Texas.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

The caterpillars eat the seed pods of the trumpet vine (Campsis radicans).

Source: Wikipedia

When you see it

Adults fly from May through August.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 24 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Trumpet Vine Moth photo 2
Photo: Steve Taylor, CC BY
Trumpet Vine Moth photo 3
Photo: Sean Golden, CC BY
Trumpet Vine Moth photo 4
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY
Trumpet Vine Moth photo 5
Photo: Raven Dandridge, CC BY

Same family (Pyralidae)

Indian-Meal MothIndian-Meal MothPlodia interpunctellaCan damage your homeGreater Wax MothGreater Wax MothGalleria mellonellaMediterranean Flour MothMediterranean Flour MothEphestia kuehniellaCan damage your homeMeal mothMeal mothPyralis farinalisDamages trees, gardens or cropsBee MothBee MothAphomia sociellaNuisance, not dangerousYellow-fringed Dolichomia MothYellow-fringed Dolichomia MothHypsopygia olinalis

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydonopteron_sacculana

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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