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Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Scopulosphecia
Species:
C. schmidtiiformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis
(Freyer, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia schmidtiiformis Freyer, 1836
  • Sesia schmidtii Lederer, 1853 (nec Zeller, 1847)
  • Sesia schmidtellaeformis Freyer, 1836
  • Sesia schmidtiiformis ab. albotarsata Rebel, 1901
  • Pyropteron schmidtiiformis ab. pouloti Le Cerf, 1922
  • Sesia rubriformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia prosopiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 (nec Ochsenheimer, 1808)

Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.[2] It is also found from Turkey to the Black Sea coast, the Caucasus, Turkmenistan and Iran.

The wingspan is 17–26 mm.

The larvae feed on Salvia verticillata, Salvia sclarea and Salvia syriaca.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Chamaesphecia at funet


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