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Paranthrene insolita

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Paranthrene insolita
Female - dorsal
Female - ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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][4]

Subspecies

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  • 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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