Synanthedon cephiformis

Synanthedon cephiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Synanthedon
Species: S. cephiformis
Binomial name
Synanthedon cephiformis
(Ochsenheimer, 1808)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia cephiformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
  • Aegeria gaderensis Králícek & Povolný, 1977
  • Synanthedon cephiformis ab. fumosa Schütze, 1919
  • Sesia laspeyres Heppner & Duckworth, 1981

Synanthedon cephiformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in central and eastern Europe.[2]

The wingspan is 17–22 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[3]

The larvae feed within galls caused by Melampsorelle caryophyllacearum and Aecidium elatinum on Abies alba, Picea excelsa, Larix decidua and Juniperus communis.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  4. ↑ Synanthedon at funet


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