Paranthrene insolita

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,^[2] Turkey, Iraq, the Levant, Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

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[edit]

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)

References[edit]

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[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

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