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Bembecia iberica

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Bembecia iberica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Bembecia
Species:
B. iberica
Binomial name
Bembecia iberica
Spatenka, 1992[1]

Bembecia iberica is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy and on Corsica and Sardinia.[2]

The wingspan is 19–21 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Lotus, Hippocrepis, Tetragonolobus, Anthyllis vulneraria, Melilotus, Ononis viscosa and Onobrychis.[4] They feed on the roots of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ lepidoptera.pl[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Bembecia at funet


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