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Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sesiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ichneumenoptera

Scientific name
  
Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes

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

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.

References

Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes Wikipedia