Ononis is a large genus of perennial herbs and shrubs from the legume family Fabaceae. The members of this genus are often called restharrows as some species grow as weeds on arable lands whose tough stems would stop the harrow. They are natively distributed in Europe.
Heliothis ononis, the flax bollworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in China, Kazakhstan, central Asia, northern Mongolia (Khangai), the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula, southern European part of Russia, southern and central Europe, southern and eastern Siberia and Turkey. In North America it is found from south-central Manitoba west to British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories and Yukon and Alaska and south to Colorado.
Bembecia ichneumoniformis, the six-belted clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae.
Synanthedon andrenaeformis, the orange-tailed clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from most of Europe. It is also present in the Near East.
Bembecia albanensis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from most of Europe to Asia Minor and the Black Sea. It is also found in North Africa.
Bembecia flavida is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on Sicily and in North Africa, including Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
Bembecia handiensis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. and the Atlantic coast of Morocco.
Bembecia iberica is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy and on Corsica and Sardinia.
Bembecia sanguinolenta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Bulgaria and Greece to Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Turkmenistan.
Microsphecia brosiformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from the Balkan Peninsula to the Crimea, southern Russia (Sarepta), Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.
Negotinthia myrmosaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in the countries around the Black Sea, including Ukraine, southern Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It has also been recorded from Asia Minor, northern Iraq, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Paranthrene diaphana is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria, as well as Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran.
Synanthedon stomoxiformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in most of Europe and the Middle East.
Bembecia stiziformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on Cyprus and from Turkey to Iran, Turkmenistan and Pakistan.
Bembecia syzcjovi is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Turkey, Georgia and Iran.
Bembecia scopigera, the six-belted clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from central Spain over most of south-western and central Europe, the Balkans, Greece, southern Russia and Ukraine to Turkey.
Pyropteron triannuliformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from most of Europe to the Near East and Central Asia.
Pyropteron cirgisum is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in scattered localities in Romania Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
Chamaesphecia doryceraeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Turkey, Iran and Transcaucasia.
Chamaesphecia anatolica is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Turkey, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and Hungary.
