Paranthrene robiniae

Paranthrene robiniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Paranthrene
Species:	P. robiniae
Binomial name
	Paranthrene robiniae; (Edwards, 1880)
Synonyms
	Sciapteron robiniae Edwards, 1880 ; Memythrus perlucida (Busck, 1915) ; Paranthrene f. palescens Engelhardt, 1946 ;

Paranthrene robiniae, the western poplar clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from sea level to near the timber line from Alaska southward along the Pacific Coast to southern California and throughout the Rocky Mountains into the desert southwest and as far east as Kansas and North Dakota.^[2]