Paranthrene robiniae, the western poplar clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from sea level to near the timber line from Alaska southward along the Pacific Coast to southern California and throughout the Rocky Mountains into the desert southwest and as far east as Kansas and North Dakota.[2]

Paranthrene robiniae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Paranthrene
Species:
P. robiniae
Binomial name
Paranthrene robiniae
(Edwards, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sciapteron robiniae Edwards, 1880
  • Memythrus perlucida (Busck, 1915)
  • Paranthrene f. palescens Engelhardt, 1946
Damage
Larva

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