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Chamaesphecia masariformis

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Chamaesphecia masariformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Scopulosphecia
Species:
C. masariformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia masariformis
Synonyms
  • Sesia masariformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
  • Sphinx banchiformis Hübner, [1808-1813]
  • Sesia allantiformis Eversmann, 1844
  • Sesia loewii Zeller, 1847
  • Chamaesphecia brandti Le Cerf, 1937
  • Chamaesphecia djakonovi Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1966
  • Sesia pompiliformis Heydenreich, 1851
  • Sphinx culiciformis Sulzer, 1776 (nec Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sesia odyneriformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia fallax Staudinger, 1891

Chamaesphecia masariformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in south-eastern Europe,[2] Turkey, northern Iran, the Middle East, the Caucasus, southern Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

The wingspan is 21–23 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.[3]

The larvae feed on Verbascum species (including Verbascum lychnites, Verbascum thapsus and Verbascum nigrum), Scrophularia canina and possibly Astragalus ponticus.[4]

Subspecies

  • Chamaesphecia masariformis masariformis
  • Chamaesphecia masariformis odyneriformis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)

References

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


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