Bembecia blanka

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Bembecia blanka
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species:
B. blanka
Binomial name
Bembecia blanka
Spatenka, 2001 [1]

Bembecia blanka is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on the Greek island of Crete. [2]

It is the smallest European species of the genus Bembecia . [3]

The larvae possibly feed on Trifolium species. [4]

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<i>Bembecia hymenopteriformis</i> Species of moth

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<i>Bembecia megillaeformis</i> Species of moth

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Bembecia priesneri is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Turkey and some nearby Dodecanese islands.

Bembecia psoraleae is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

Bembecia puella is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine and Russia. It has also been recorded from Kazakhstan.

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<i>Bembecia vulcanica</i> Species of moth

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<i>Synanthedon scoliaeformis</i> Species of moth

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References

  1. "Checklist of the Sesiidae of the world (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia)". www.sesiidae.net.
  2. "Bembecia blanka Spatenka, 2001". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  3. "Bestimmungshilfe des Lepiforums: Bembecia Blanka". www.lepiforum.de.
  4. "Bembecia blanka Spatenka, 2001". www.sesiidae.net.