Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes

Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes, the clearwing persimmon borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Cairns in Queensland to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory.

Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Ichneumenoptera
Species:
I. chrysophanes
Binomial name
Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Carmenta chrysophanes (Meyrick, 1886)
  • Sesia chrysophanes Meyrick, 1886
  • Aegeria panyasis Druce, 1899
  • Aegeria caieta Druce, 1899
  • Conopia melanocera Hampson, 1919
  • Synanthedon chrysophanes
  • Trochilium chrysophanes
  • Conopia chrysophanes

The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm for males and 7–10 mm for females. Adults are brown with large transparent areas on each wing. The body is sparsely covered in yellow hairs, and there is a large tuft of dark brown hairs on the tip of the abdomen.

The larvae bore in the inner bark of Alphitonia excelsa, the injured bark of Eucalyptus species, in branches of Ficus species, stems of Wisteria species and in woody galls on branches of Exocarpos cupressiformis. They are considered a pest on Diospyros kaki, of which they feed on the bark.


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