Species Paranthrene robiniae - Western Poplar Clearwing - Hodges#2526

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References

Western Poplar Borer - Paranthrene robiniae - female

ID for mating wasplike moths? - Paranthrene robiniae - male - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Sesioidea

Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)

Subfamily Tinthiinae

Tribe Paranthrenini

Genus Paranthrene

Species robiniae (Western Poplar Clearwing - Hodges#2526)

Hodges Number

2526

Numbers

Two other forms have been recognized: P. r. perlucida , and P. r. palescens.

Size

wingspan: female 30-36 mm, male 23-30 mm

Identification

Adults mostly yellow, first three abdominal segments black. Head is black, with yellow facial scales. FW orange brown with darker veins; HW clear with a deep yellow discal mark, fringed with dark brown scales.

Antennae of males are bipectinate, simple in females

Range

From Alaska, along the Pacific coast to southern CA, inland to the desert Southwest, throughout the Rockies, east to North Dakota and Kansas.

Habitat

Larval hosts: Poplars, Willows,

Remarks

This page in progress.

Internet References

Photos of two adult female, and one male specimen: SDNHM

Adult specimen photo (1 male, 1 female): Univ. of Calif. Davis .

Adult specimen of P. r. perlucida : U.of Alberta Strickland Entomol. Mus.

Species page at MPG, including distribution map.

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 7 September, 2007 - 11:27pm
Additional contributions by Tom Bentley
Last updated 11 April, 2012 - 1:46pm

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