Bembecia uroceriformis

Bembecia uroceriformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. uroceriformis
Binomial name
Bembecia uroceriformis
(Treitschke, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia uroceriformis Treitschke, 1834
  • Sesia mamertina Zeller, 1847
  • Dipsosphecia uroceriformis var. atlantica Le Cerf, 1920
  • Dipsosphecia uroceriformis var. nigricornis Mariani, 1937
  • Sesia uroceriformis var. athaliaeformis Boisduval, [1875]
  • Sesia odyneriformis Ghiliani, 1852 (nec Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
  • Bembecia uroceriformis f. subiti Tautel 2009
  • Sesia armoricana Oberthür, 1907

Bembecia uroceriformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy and most of the Balkan Peninsula.[2] It is also found in North Africa (including Morocco) and from Asia Minor to the Caucasus.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Dorycnium species (including Dorycnium herbaceum), Lotus corniculatus, Ulex europaeus, Ulex nanus, Coronilla emerus, Chamaecytisus species, Cytisus procumbens, Cytisus hirsutus and Corothamnus procumbens.[4]

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepidoptera.pl
  4. ↑ Bembecia at funet


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