Bembecia scopigera
Bembecia scopigera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Bembecia |
Species: | B. scopigera |
Binomial name | |
Bembecia scopigera (Scopoli, 1763)[1] | |
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Bembecia scopigera, the six-belted clearwing or glearwing, is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found from central Spain over most of south-western and central Europe, the Balkans, Greece, southern Russia and Ukraine[2] to Turkey.[3]
The larvae feed on the roots of Onobrychis species, including Onobrychis sativa, Onobrychis viciinifolia and Onobrychis toumefortii species.[5] Other records include Lotus species and Anthyllis vulneraria.
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