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Bembecia flavida

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Bembecia flavida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Bembecia
Species:
B. flavida
Binomial name
Bembecia flavida
(Oberthur, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia flavida Oberthur, 1890
  • Dipsosphecia sirphiformis Bartel, 1912

Bembecia flavida is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on Sicily[2] and in North Africa, including Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.[3]

The wingspan is 21–22 mm.

The larvae possibly feed on Ononis natrix.[4]

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Bembecia at funet
  4. ^ Bembecia flavida at sesiidae.net


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