Bembecia sanguinolenta

Bembecia sanguinolenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. sanguinolenta
Binomial name
Bembecia sanguinolenta
(Lederer, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia sanguinolenta Lederer, 1853
  • Sesia tengyraeformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 (preocc.)
  • Sciapteron sanguinolenta var. ponticum Staudinger, 1891
  • Sciapteron splendidum Staudinger, 1891
  • Dipsosphecia sanguinolenta f. miranda Le Cerf, 1914

Bembecia sanguinolenta is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found from Bulgaria and Greece[2] to Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Turkmenistan.[3]

The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species, including Astragalus dipsaceus and Astragalus pinetorum.[4]

Subspecies

Taxonomy

Populations in Turkey and Syria have long been treated as Bembecia pontica, which is now considered a synonym.

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)
  4. ↑ Bembecia at funet


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