Paranthrene insolita

Paranthrene insolita is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in large parts of Europe,[2] Turkey, Iraq, the Levant and the Palestinian Territories.

Paranthrene insolita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Paranthrene
Species:
P. insolita
Binomial name
Paranthrene insolita
Synonyms
  • Sciapteron aurantiacum Rebel, 1917
  • Paranthrene insolitus

The larvae feed on Quercus species, Populus canadensis, Populus pyramidalis and possibly Salix alba.[3] They bore in the thick branches of their host plant in the tree canopy. They create a brown parchment-like cocoon of loose texture covered with fairly coarse sawdust. Pupation takes place in a short tunnel.[4]

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, [1939] (north-eastern Spain, southern France, central Italy, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Dalmatia, Ukraine, Bulgaria)

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