Pyropteron leucomelaena
| Pyropteron leucomelaena | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Pyropteron |
| Species: | P. leucomelaena |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyropteron leucomelaena (Zeller, 1847)[1] | |
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Pyropteron leucomelaena is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.[2] It is also found in North Africa and from Asia Minor to Armenia.
The larvae feed on Sanguisorba minor.[3]