Chamaesphecia masariformis

Chamaesphecia masariformis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Chamaesphecia
Species:	C. masariformis
Binomial name
*Chamaesphecia masariformis* (Ochsenheimer, 1808)^[1]
Synonyms
Sesia masariformis Ochsenheimer, 1808 Sphinx banchiformis Hübner, [1808-1813] Sesia allantiformis Eversmann, 1844 Sesia loewii Zeller, 1847 Chamaesphecia brandti Le Cerf, 1937 Chamaesphecia djakonovi Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1966 Sesia pompiliformis Heydenreich, 1851 Sphinx culiciformis Sulzer, 1776 (nec Linnaeus, 1758) Sesia odyneriformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 Sesia fallax Staudinger, 1891

Chamaesphecia masariformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in south-eastern Europe,^[2] Turkey, northern Iran, the Middle East, the Caucasus, southern Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

The wingspan is 21–23 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.^[3]

The larvae feed on Verbascum species (including Verbascum lychnites, Verbascum thapsus and Verbascum nigrum), Scrophularia canina and possibly Astragalus ponticus.^[4]

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