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Bembecia megillaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Bembecia
Species:
B. megillaeformis
Binomial name
Bembecia megillaeformis
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx megillaeformis Hübner, [1813]
  • Sesia megilliformis
  • Dypsosphecia masellaeformis Ragusa, 1923

Bembecia megillaeformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in central and south-eastern Europe,[2] east to Turkey, Uralsk, the Crimea and the Black Sea.

The wingspan is 18–22 millimetres (0.71–0.87 in). Adults are on wing from June to August.[3]

The larvae feed on Genista tinctoria, Genista ratisbonensis, Cytisus hirsutus, Colutea arborescens, Chamaecytisus, Astragalus glycyphyllos and Corothamus procumbens.[4]

Subspecies

  • Bembecia megillaeformis megillaeformis (Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Italy, southern Russia, Uralsk, Crimea, Black Sea)
  • Bembecia megillaeformis luqueti Špatenka, 1992 (France: Brittany, Loire Valley)

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ "Bembecia megillaeformis (Hübner, 1813)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  3. ^ lepidoptera.pl Archived December 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Bembecia at funet


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