| Pennisetia hylaeiformis | |
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| Pennisetia hylaeiformis. Male, dorsal view | |
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| Female, dorsal view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Pennisetia |
| Species: | P. hylaeiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pennisetia hylaeiformis (Laspeyres, 1801) | |
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Pennisetia hylaeiformis, the raspberry clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae.
This species can be found in most of North and Central Europe. [1] It is also present in Caucasus, Transcaspia, Siberia, Manchuria and Japan. [2]
Pennisetia hylaeiformis can reach a wingspan of 22–32 mm. [3] These moths have brown forewings characterized by a narrow transparent wedge shaped area and by a small three-cell outer window. The veins M3 and Cu1 of the hind wings are long stalked. The thorax is black, with a yellow collar and two yellow stripes on mesonotum. [4]
In males the abdomen shows four yellow bands of the same width on seg IV to VII, while females have three bands only (on seg IV to VI), with an orange-brown tail. Antennae are cristate and double-crescent-like shaped in males, while in females they are setaceous. [5] [6] The caterpillars are whitish and have a black head.
The moth flies from June to August depending on the location. The larvae live in stalk and roots of raspberries ( Rubus idaeus , Rubus boisseri , Rubus afzeliana , Rubus fruticosus ) and feed on their roots. [2] [7] [8]
Parasitoids of the larvae of the raspberry clearwings are various Ichneumonidae and Braconidae species such as Liotryphon punctulatus , Apanteles glomeratus , Lissanota pimplator , Bracon erraticus and Macrocentrus marginator . [2] [9]
