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Paranthrene diaphana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Paranthrene
Species:
P. diaphana
Binomial name
Paranthrene diaphana
Dalla Torre & Strand, 1925[1]

Paranthrene diaphana is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria,[2] as well as Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran.

The larvae feed on Populus and Salix species[3] (including Salix alba). They mine the trunks of their host plant. Adult females preferably deposit their eggs in injured parts of the host tree.

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)


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