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 ...

They are also sometimes called bee moths or bee hawk moths ... The wings of clear-winged sphinx moths, such as the snowberry clearwing, become clear soon after emerging from the cocoon.