Bembecia scopigera

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Bembecia scopigera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species:
B. scopigera
Binomial name
Bembecia scopigera
(Scopoli, 1763) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx scopigeraScopoli, 1763
  • Dipsosphecia communisLe Cerf, 1920
  • Bembecia miraGorbunov & Špatenka, 2001
  • Sesia scopigera ab. lugubrisStaudinger, 1871

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 [2] to Turkey. [3]

The wingspan is 24–25 mm. [4]

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

Bembecia ichneumoniformis, the six-belted clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae.

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 blanka is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on the Greek island of Crete.

Bembecia iberica is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy and on Corsica and Sardinia.

Bembecia lomatiaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Greece to Turkey and the Caucasus.

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

Bembecia megillaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in central and south-eastern Europe, east to Turkey, Uralsk, the Crimea and the Black Sea.

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

Bembecia sanguinolenta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Bulgaria and Greece to Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Turkmenistan.

<i>Microsphecia brosiformis</i> Species of moth

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.

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 staryi is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in the Kaçkar Mountains in Georgia and Turkey.

<i>Pyropteron triannuliformis</i> Species of moth

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 anatolica is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Turkey, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and Hungary.

Bembecia sirphiformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. It is also found in North Africa.

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

Bembecia uroceriformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy and most of the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in North Africa and from Asia Minor to the Caucasus.

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

Bembecia vulcanica is a species of moth in the family Sesiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands.

<i>Polyommatus admetus</i> Species of butterfly

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