Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Carmenta ithacae is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was described by Beutenmüller in 1897. It is known from North America, including Florida, Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Virginia and Wisconsin. Adults are on wing from late June to July.The larvae feed on various composites like Helenium species, as well as Aster 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.