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Bembecia priesneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Bembecia
Species:
B. priesneri
Binomial name
Bembecia priesneri
Kallies, Petersen & Riefenstahl, 1998[1]

Bembecia priesneri is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Turkey (Cappadocia and the Taurus Mountains) and some nearby Dodecanese islands (including Rhodes).[2]

The wingspan is 19–25 mm. Adults are on wing in late August and September.[3]

The larvae feed on the roots of Psoralea bituminosa and Ononis species,[4] including Ononis spinosa.

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ lepiforum.de


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