Misplaced Pages

Paranthrene insolita
Female - dorsal
Female - ventral
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Paranthrene
Species:	P. insolita
Binomial name
Paranthrene insolita Le Cerf, 1914
Synonyms
Sciapteron aurantiacum Rebel, 1917 Paranthrene insolitus

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.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, Populus canadensis, Populus pyramidalis and possibly Salix alba.

Subspecies

• Paranthrene insolita insolita (Turkey)
• Paranthrene insolita hispanica Špatenka & Laštuvka, 1997 (southern Spain)
• Paranthrene insolita mardina Špatenka & Laštuvka, 1997 (south-eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, the Levant, Palestine)
• Paranthrene insolita polonica Schnaider, (north-eastern Spain, southern France, central Italy, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Dalmatia, Ukraine, Bulgaria)

References

1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
2. Fauna Europaea
3. Paranthrene at funet
4. Paranthrene insolita Le Cerf 1914 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) - a new clearwing moth to the fauna of Poland

• v
• t
• e

• Moths described in 1914
• Sesiidae
• Moths of Europe
• Moths of Asia
• Sesiidae stubs