52.007 BF0381  -  Sesiidae - Synanthedon culiciformis - Large Red-belted Clearwing Adult Macro:  CAT 3 - Difficult to identify/Very rare/Scarce species (includes very scarce adventives/immigrants)/County-level first records - images or specimen may be required - Difficult to identify /Very rare/Scarce (includes very scarce adventives/immigrants)/County-level first records       PDF Icon - click for Adult Macro Verification Guidelines

Brown -  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant         day-flying - Day-flying
Taxonomy:   Macro  >>  Sesiidae ID Difficulty:  green  - easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
ID pointers: The moth is fairly straight forward to identify – An orange-red band around the abdomen and an orange-red suffusion at the base of the forewings.
Distribution:  (First record: 1959 at Beeley Moor )  -  (Last record: 1983 / 1984 at Spring Wood, Brierley Wood )  -  A resident species that is uncommon and under recorded. Favours heathland and woodland where Birch (Betula) occurs
Flight Period: May /  June /  -  On the wing May – June. Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
Forewing: 12-14mm Food Plant: Downy Birch and Silver Birch – males are attracted to pheromone lures
Last Recorded Year: 1983 / 1984
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Spring Wood, Brierley Wood
First Recorded Year: 1959

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