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Red-tipped Clearwing Moth
Synanthedon formicaeformis
Synanthedon formicaeformis, the red-tipped clearwing, is a moth of the Sesiidae family and can be found in all of Europe, the eastern Palearctic ecozone 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.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51685.