Synanthedon bicingulata (Staudinger, 1887)

Gorbunov, O. G., 2022, New data on clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) of Sakhalin Island, Far Eastern Entomologist 449, pp. 21-28 : 26

Synanthedon bicingulata (Staudinger, 1887)

Figs 12–13

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Sakhalin: Nevelsky District, Yasnomorka River , 46˚44.611΄N ,

141˚55.810΄E, 24 m, 26.VII 2021, 1♂, Gorbunov leg. ( Sesiidae pictures Nos 0475-0476–

2021).

DISTRIBUTION. In the Eastern Palearctic , from the Amur region in the west to

Sakhalin in the east, and from the south of the Khabarovsk Territory in the north to South

Korea and Beijing in the south. This is the first record of this species for the fauna of

Sakhalin.

HOST PLANTS. The larvae live in the butt part of the trunks of Prunus maackii Rupr.

and cultivated Malus spp. in Primorye (Tschistjakov, 2012), and Prunus sp. (Rosaceae) in

Korea (Arita et al., 2004). The host plant on Sakhalin is unknown.

SEXUAL ACTIVITY. A single male was attracted to the Paranthrene tabaniformis pheromone lure at about 2 pm.

Figures

Figs 12–17. Synanthedon spp. 12, 13 – S. bicingulata (Staudinger, 1887), male. Sesiidae