Paranthrene robiniae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Paranthrene |
Species: | P. robiniae |
Binomial name | |
Paranthrene robiniae (Edwards, 1880) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Paranthrene robiniae, the western poplar clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from sea level to near the timber line from Alaska southward along the Pacific Coast to southern California and throughout the Rocky Mountains into the desert southwest and as far east as Kansas and North Dakota. [2]
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnal moth family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera.
Paranthrene tabaniformis, the dusky clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Megacyllene robiniae, commonly known as the locust borer, is a species of longhorn beetle endemic to eastern North America. It is a serious pest of Robinia pseudoacacia, the black locust tree, with which it is sympatric.
Paranthrene dollii, commonly known as Doll's clearwing moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in North America.
Paranthrene is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Synanthedon andrenaeformis, the orange-tailed clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from most of Europe. It is also present in the Near East.
Paranthrene simulans, the red oak clearwing borer, hornet clearwing or oak clearwing borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Minnesota, Missouri and Mississippi.
Paranthrene anthrax is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Sierra Leone.
Paranthrene chalcochlora is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Zambia.
Paranthrene mesothyris is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from South Africa.
Paranthrene propyria is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Zambia.
Paranthrene thalassina is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Malawi.
Paranthrene xanthosoma is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known, from Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Paranthrene dukei is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Zimbabwe.
Paranthrene porphyractis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Uganda.
Paranthrene diaphana is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria, as well as Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran.
Paranthrene insolita is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in large parts of Europe, Turkey, Iraq, the Levant, Israel and the Palestinian Territories.