Bembecia megillaeformis

Bembecia megillaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. megillaeformis
Binomial name
Bembecia megillaeformis
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx megillaeformis Hübner, [1813]
  • Sesia megilliformis
  • Dypsosphecia masellaeformis Ragusa, 1923

Bembecia megillaeformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in central and south-eastern Europe,[2] east to Turkey, Uralsk, the Crimea and the Black Sea.

The wingspan is 18–22 millimetres (0.71–0.87 in). Adults are on wing from June to August.[3]

The larvae feed on Genista tinctoria, Genista ratisbonensis, Cytisus hirsutus, Colutea arborescens, Chamaecytisus, Astragalus glycyphyllos and Corothamus procumbens.[4]

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