Paranthrene tabaniformis (Rottemburg, 1775)

Distribution

• Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
• Albania, Austria, Baleares, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland) Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands,Norway (mainland), Poland, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
• Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Western Yakutia, Karelia, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Primorye, Sakhalin, Mid-Volzhsky, Average -Uralsky, Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian,South Ural. [3].
• The species is distributed throughout Eurasia. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

• Length of front wing - up to 2 cm, with a small sesiidae should appear smaller and sleekerSesia apiformis- sesiidae large, in addition, its front fenders are not transparent, and are covered with brownish-gray scales. And the characteristic feature Paranthrene tabaniformis are 4 yellow ring on a dark blue background abdomen. [5].

General info about Imago

• Butterfly flies on a filling meadows near river beds and parks with water features. In the heat of the day. [5].

Imago lifespan

• From late May to early July. Like all other sesiidae gives one generation. [5].

General info about Larva

• Caterpillars small sesiidae make moves in the trunk at a low altitude and at all in thick roots, where they live for at least two years. Sometimes the larvae can take moves done by bark beetles. Pupation takes place in galleries, prdelannyh caterpillars, cocoon, tightly adjacent to the walls of most of these moves. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

• Populus. [28].
• Aspen, poplar, black poplar hybrids are cultivated. [5].

Larva lifespan

• The lifetime of the larvae: August-May. [5].

Overwintering stage

• Caterpillar. [5].

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Paranthrene albifrons Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene anthrax Le Cerf, 1916

Paranthrene asilipennis (Boisduval, 1829)

Paranthrene atkinsoni Moore, 1879

Paranthrene aurifera Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene aurivena Bryk, 1947

Paranthrene bicincta Walker, 1864

Paranthrene caeruleimicans Hampson, 1892

Paranthrene cambodialis Walker, 1864

Paranthrene canarensis Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene chalcochlora Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene charlesi Le Cerf, 1916

Paranthrene chinensis Leech, 1889

Paranthrene chrysochloris Hampson, 1897

Paranthrene chrysoidea Zukowsky, 1932

Paranthrene croconeura Meyrick, 1926

Paranthrene cupreivitta Hampson, 1892

Paranthrene cuprescens Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene cyanogama Meyrick, 1930

Paranthrene cyanopis Durrant, 1916

Paranthrene davidi Le Cerf, 1917

Paranthrene diaphana (Dalla Torre & Strand, 1925)

Paranthrene dollii (Neumoegen, 1894)

Paranthrene fenestrata Barnes & Lindsey, 1922

Paranthrene fervida Lederer, 1855

Paranthrene flammans Hampson, 1892

Paranthrene flavifrons Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene formosicola Strand, 1915

Paranthrene gracilis Swinhoe, 1890

Paranthrene grotei Moore, 1879

Paranthrene henrici Le Cerf, 1916

Paranthrene heterodesma Diakonoff, 1967

Paranthrene hirayamai Matsumura, 1931

Paranthrene hyalochrysa Diakonoff, 1954

Paranthrene insolitus (Le Cerf, 1914)

Paranthrene insularis Felder, 1861

Paranthrene iridina Bryk, 1947

Paranthrene javana Le Cerf, 1916

Paranthrene leucocera Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene limpida Le Cerf, 1917

Paranthrene lodimana Strand, 1918

Paranthrene meeki Druce, 1898

Paranthrene mesothyris Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene metallica Hampson, 1892

Paranthrene metaxantha Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene microthyris Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene minuta Swinhoe, 1890

Paranthrene nana Lederer, 1852

Paranthrene noblei Swinhoe, 1890

Paranthrene opalescens Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene palmii Edwards, 1887

Paranthrene panorpaeformis Boisduval, 1874

Paranthrene pellucida Greenfield and Karandinos, 1979

Paranthrene pentazonata Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene pilamicola Strand, 1915

Paranthrene poecilocephala Diakonoff, 1967

Paranthrene pompilus Bryk, 1947

Paranthrene powondrae Dalla Torre, 1925

Paranthrene propyria Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene pulchripennis Walker, 1862

Paranthrene pygmaeum (Rebel, 1899)

Paranthrene pythes Druce, 1899

Paranthrene rangoonensis Swinhoe, 1890

Paranthrene robinae Edwards, 1880

Paranthrene robiniae (H. Edwards, 1880)

Paranthrene rufifinis Walker, 1862

Paranthrene sanguipennis Meyrick, 1926

Paranthrene scintillans (Butler, 1882)

Paranthrene semidiaphana Zukowsky, 1929

Paranthrene sesiiformis Moore, 1858

Paranthrene sikkima Moore, 1879

Paranthrene silvai Köhler, 1953

Paranthrene simulans (Grote, 1881)

Paranthrene splendidum Staudinger, 1891

Paranthrene stiziformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1852

Paranthrene terribile Turner, 1917

Paranthrene thalassina Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene tricincta Harris, 1839

Paranthrene tristis Le Cerf, 1917

Paranthrene trizonata Hampson, 1900

Paranthrene xanthopyga Hampson, 1919

Paranthrene xanthosoma Hampson, 1910

Paranthrene zoneiventris Le Cerf, 1917

Paranthrene zygophora Hampson, 1919