Chamaesphecia masariformis

Chamaesphecia masariformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Chamaesphecia
Species:	C. masariformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia masariformis (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
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 Sesiidae family. It is found in south-eastern Europe, 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.

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

Subspecies

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