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Pyropteron meriaeforme

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Pyropteron meriaeforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Pyropteron
Species:
P. meriaeforme
Binomial name
Pyropteron meriaeforme
(Boisduval, 1840)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia meriaeforme Boisduval, 1840
  • Pyropteron meriaeformis
  • Synansphecia meriaeformis
  • Sesia meriiformis Rambur, [1866]
  • Sesia corsica Staudinger, 1856
  • Sesia venetense Joannis, 1908

Pyropteron meriaeforme is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy and on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.[2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Rumex acetosella.[4]

Subspecies

  • Pyropteron meriaeforme meriaeforme
  • Pyropteron meriaeforme venetense (Joannis, 1908)

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ lepiforum.de
  4. ^ Synansphecia at funet


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