| Synanthedon culiciformis | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
TL: Europe
Habitat
- Forest edges
- Glades
- Single trees or copses on farmland
20-26 mm
23-28 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
ČeskyNesytka Komáří
DanskRødbæltet glassværmer
DeutschKleiner Birken-Glasflügler
Eesti keelSääsk-Klaastiib
EnglishLarge Red-belted Clearwing
FrançaisSésie culiciforme
LatviešuSarkangredzena stiklspārnis
LietuviųAnkstyvasis stiklasparnis
MagyarNyír üvegszárnyú lepke
NederlandsBerkenglasvlinder
NorskRødflekkglassvinge
PolskiPrzeziernik komarowiec
SlovenčinaPodobník komárovitý
SuomeksiVesalasisiipi
SvenskaMygglik glasvinge
РусскийСтеклянница комаровидная
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Betulaceae Alnus glutinosa Black Alder Betulaceae Betula pendula Silver Birch Betulaceae Betula pubescens Downy Birch - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Betulaceae Alnus glutinosa Black Alder Betulaceae Alnus incana Grey Alder Salicaceae Populus Poplar
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Sphinx culiciformis Linnaeus, 1758 Aegeria lutescens Mosley, 1896 Sesia americana Beutenmüller, 1896 Synanthedon biannulata Bartel, 1902 Trochilium flavocingulata Spuler, 1910 Trochilium triannulata Spuler, 1910 Synanthedon biannulata Dalla Torre & Strand, 1925
- Links
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Language Website Authors
Lepiforum e. V.
Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei
Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger
North American Moth Photographers Group
Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis
Suffolk Moths Tony Prichard
Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson
UK Moths Ian Kimber
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