Western Poplar Clearwing Moth Paranthrene robiniae (Edwards, 1880)

Family: Sesiidae

Subfamily: Tinthiinae

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

Wing Span: female 3.0-3.6 cm, male 2.3-3.0 cm

Life History: Larvae bore into limbs of host

Flight:

Caterpillar Hosts: Poplars, Willows

Adult Food:

Habitat:

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

Conservation:

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Management Needs:

Taxonomy Notes: None.

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