Synanthedon culiciformis
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Synanthedon culiciformis, known as the Large Red-belted Clearwing, is a moth
of the family Sesiidae
. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone and the Nearctic ecozone.
The wingspan
is 23–27 mm (0.905511811023622–1.1 ). The length of the forewings is 12 millimetre. The moth flies from April to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various deciduous
trees, especially Birch
but also Alder
.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the family Sesiidae
Sesiidae
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are family of the Lepidoptera in which the wings partially have hardly any of the normal lepidopteran scales, leaving them transparent. The bodies are generally striped with yellow, red or white, sometimes very brightly, and they have simple antennae...
. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone and the Nearctic ecozone.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 23–27 mm (0.905511811023622–1.1 ). The length of the forewings is 12 millimetre. The moth flies from April to August depending on the location.
The larvae feed on various deciduous
Deciduous
Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally, and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe...
trees, especially Birch
Birch
Birch is a tree or shrub of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. The Betula genus contains 30–60 known taxa...
but also Alder
Alder
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas along the Andes southwards to...
.