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Red-tipped Clearwing

Synanthedon formicaeformis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Sesiidae

Synanthedon formicaeformis, the red-tipped clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae and can be found in all of Europe, the eastern Palearctic realm, and the Near East. The larvae sometimes form pear-shaped galls on willows (Salix spp). It was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1783.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 652Germany · 369United Kingdom · 211France · 33Switzerland · 27Luxembourg · 18Belgium · 14Italy · 3Spain · 1