Paranthrene diaphana is a moth of the family Sesiidae. 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.

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

The larvae feed on Populus and Salix species[3] (including Salix alba). They mine the trunks of their host plant.

References edit

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-04-18.