''Synanthedon conopiformis'', Dale's oak clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in almost all of

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

, except the north. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 16–19 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. The larvae feed on '' Quercus robur'', '' Quercus petraea'' and ''

Quercus rubra ''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introdu ...

''. They bore into the stem of their host plant.Lepidoptera of Belgium

References

Moths described in 1782 Sesiidae Moths of Europe {{Sesiidae-stub