''Pennisetia bohemica'' is a moth of the family

Sesiidae The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnal moth family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera. The family consists of 165 genera spread over two subfamilies, contai ...

. It is found in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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and

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. 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 25–32 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of July to September. The larvae feed on ''

Rosa canina ''Rosa canina'', commonly known as the dog rose, is a variable climbing, wild rose species native to Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia. Description The dog rose is a deciduous shrub normally ranging in height from , though sometimes it ...

'' and ''

Rosa arvensis ''Rosa arvensis'', the field rose, is a species of wild rose native to Western, Central and Southern Europe. Names The plant is variously known as the field rose and white-flowered trailing rose. It may also be called Shakespeare’s musk. Cl ...

''. They feed on the roots of their host plant for two years. Pupation takes place in a gallery without making a cocoon.''Pennisetia bohemica'' at sesiidae.net Pennisetia Bohemica (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in southern Slovenia and northern Croatia
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References

Moths described in 1974 Sesiidae Moths of Europe {{Sesiidae-stub