Carmenta haematica, the Argentine root borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae.

[1] It was described by Ureta in 1956, and is known from Argentina and Chile.

Adults are day flying and have orange (female) or clear (male) wings with a wingspan of 20–24 mm.

Adults emerge in late summer, and larvae develop during the fall, winter and spring.

This article relating to the moth family Sesiidae is a stub.