WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Sesiidae 55a0059 – 2527   Paranthrene simulans (Grote, 1881)              Red Oak Clearwing

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

© Mark Dreiling - DNA Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: simulans (Grote, 1881) (Trochilium) - MONA 1983: 2527 luggeri (Edwards, 1891) (Trochilium) palmii (Edwards, 1887) (Fatua)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Engelhardt, G.P., 1946. The North American clear-wing moths of the family Aegeridae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 190: 145. Smith III, W.H., W.H. Taft, A.I. Cognato, 2024. Aposematic color polymorphism is a poor indicator of species boundaries in North American Paranthrene (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) as evidenced by a multi-gene phylogeny.. PLoS ONE, 19(11): e0312508. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

© Mark Dreiling - DNA

m. – © James Solomon, USDA-FS, Bugwood.org 30mm – © Jim Vargo f. – © William Taft & Mich. St. Univ.

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone