Paranthrene tabaniformis

Paranthrene tabaniformis, the dusky clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.

Larva
Exit hole
Pupa

Paranthrene tabaniformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Paranthrene
Species:
P. tabaniformis
Binomial name
Paranthrene tabaniformis
(Rottemburg, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx tabaniformis Rottemburg, 1775
  • Sphinx asiliformis [Denis & Schiffermüller] 1775 (nec Rottemburg, 1775)
  • Sphinx sesia Gmelin, 1790
  • Sphinx rhingiaeformis Hübner, 1790
  • Sesia crabroniformis Laspeyres, 1801 (nec Fabricius, 1793, nec Lewin, 1797)
  • Aegeria tricincta Harris, 1839 (nec Moore, 1879, nec Wileman & South, 1918)
  • Sesia serratiformis Freyer, 1842
  • Albuna denotata Edwards, 1882
  • Albuna denotata f. sangaica Bartel, 1912
  • Albuna denotata f. annulifera Closs, 1920
  • Albuna denotata f. oslari Engelhardt, 1946
  • Sphinx vespiformis Newman, 1832 (nec Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Sciapteron kungessana Alpheraky, 1882
  • Sesia synagriformis Rambur, 1866
  • Paranthrene tabaniformis synagriformis var. intermedia Le Cerf, 1916

The wingspan is c. 30 mm. The length of the forewings is c. 14 mm. Meyrick describes it - Head with white vertical bar before each eye, and yellow posterior ring. Abdomen with yellow rings on 2, 4, 6, and sometimes 7. Middle and posterior tibiae orange, blackbanded.Forewings rather dark fuscous, with elongate obscure hyaline patch towards base; costal streak violet-blackish.Hindwings hyaline ; veins and termen dark fuscous.[1] The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on poplar, and sometimes on sea-buckthorn and willow.

Subspecies
  • Paranthrene tabaniformis tabaniformis
  • Paranthrene tabaniformis kungessana (Alpheraky, 1882)
  • Paranthrene tabaniformis synagriformis (Rambur, 1866)

References
  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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