Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Liatris Borer Moth (Carmenta anthracipennis) is a moth of the Sesiidae family.It was described by Boisduval in 1875, and is known from the United States, including Florida, Texas, Massachusetts and Illinois. The larvae bore through the stems of Liatris species. A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth (about ten times the number of species of butterfly), with thousands of species yet to be described.