Pyropteron muscaeformis (Esper, 1783)
(Thrift Clearwing)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPyropteron muscaeformis (Thrift Clearwing)
SubfamilySESIINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilySESIIDAE (clearwings)
SuperfamilyCOSSOIDEA (goat and leopard moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pyropteron muscaeformis (Thrift Clearwing) :
1: Pyropteron muscaeformis (Thrift Clearwing)
11 Jun 2007 OSGR: SW61 49° 60’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
Male, visiting hawkbit flower
Image 1: At flower - anterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: At flower - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: At flower - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: At flower - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 5: At flower - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 6: At flower - dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: At flower - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 8: At flower - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: At flower - lateral view - enlargedImage 10: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)

Pyropteron muscaeformis (Thrift Clearwing) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pyropteron muscaeformis (Thrift Clearwing)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pyropteron muscaeformis (Thrift Clearwing)
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