Bembecia stiziformis

Bembecia stiziformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. stiziformis
Binomial name
Bembecia stiziformis
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia stiziformis Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Sciapteron stiziformis var. melasomon Staudinger, 1871
  • Dipsosphecia stiziformis f. astyages Le Cerf, 1938
  • Paranthrene barbarossa de Freina, 1983
  • Paranthrene tubercula de Freina, 1983
  • Sciapteron fervida var. subfervidum Staudinger 1891
  • Paranthrene kara de Freina, 1983

Bembecia stiziformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found on Cyprus[2] and from Turkey to Iran, Turkmenistan and Pakistan.[3]

The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species and Tragacanthus aureus, Tragacanthus microcephalus and Tragacanthus zangezurus.[4]

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)
  4. ↑ Bembecia at funet


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