Bembecia lomatiaeformis

Bembecia lomatiaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. lomatiaeformis
Binomial name
Bembecia lomatiaeformis
(Lederer, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia lomatiaeformis Lederer, 1853
  • Sciapteron gruneri Staudinger, 1856
  • Dipsosphecia rothschildi Bartel, 1912
  • Dipsosphecia lomatiaeformis f. norma Le Cerf, 1914

Bembecia lomatiaeformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found from Greece[2] to Turkey and the Caucasus.[3]

The wingspan is 28–34 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species, including Astragalus angustifolius[5] and Astragalus creticus rumelicus.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Bembecia at funet
  4. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  5. ↑ lepiforum.de
  6. ↑ Bembecia lomatiaeformis at sesiidae.net


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