Paranthrene tabaniformis

TaxID: 301677

Basic Information

Paranthrene tabaniformis

Dusky Clearwing

Paranthrene tabaniformis, the dusky clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms. 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. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on poplar and willow, as well as sea-buckthorn. The larvae have 6-7 stages. Mature larvae pupate in chambers within larval galleries. The pupae are found in the center of one-year poplar seedlings, or beneath the bark of stems and branches in the oldest trees. Adults are effective fliers, though little is known about the flight distances of adult female P. tabaniformis. P. tabaniformis resemble wasps, possibly as Batesian mimicry.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Sesiidae

Paranthrene

tabaniformis

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Paranthrene tabaniformis
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(c) Сергей Миляхин@BY-NC
Paranthrene tabaniformis
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(c) John Christensen@BY-NC
Paranthrene tabaniformis
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(c) Сергей Миляхин@BY-NC
Paranthrene tabaniformis
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(c) Nikolai Vladimirov@BY-NC
Paranthrene tabaniformis
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(c) Christoph Moning@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (6 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Argentina A1 list 2019
Brazil A1 list 2018
Chile A1 list 2024
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —
Uruguay Absent 1995

Distribution (42 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature