Chamaesphecia chalciformis

Chamaesphecia chalciformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Chamaesphecia
Species:	C. chalciformis
Binomial name
*Chamaesphecia chalciformis* (Esper, 1804)^[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx chalciformis Esper, 1804 Sphinx chalcidiformis Hübner, [1806] Sesia prosopiformis Ochsenheimer, 1808 Sesia halictiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 Sesia chalciformis f. caucasica Kolenati, 1846 Sesia chalciformis var. expleta Staudinger, 1879

Chamaesphecia chalciformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Italy, Austria, Slovakia, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey,^[2] the Middle East and northern Iran.

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare.^[3]

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