Pyropteron meriaeforme
Appearance
Pyropteron meriaeforme | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Pyropteron |
Subgenus: | Synansphecia |
Species: | P. meriaeforme
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Binomial name | |
Pyropteron meriaeforme | |
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Pyropteron meriaeforme is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy and on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.[2]
The wingspan is 14–15 mm.
The larvae feed on Rumex acetosella.[3]
Subspecies
- Pyropteron meriaeforme meriaeforme
- Pyropteron meriaeforme venetense (de Joannis, 1908)
References
- ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Synansphecia Capuse, 1973". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 9, 2017.