Bembecia uroceriformis

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Bembecia uroceriformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species:
B. uroceriformis
Binomial name
Bembecia uroceriformis
(Treitschke, 1834) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia uroceriformisTreitschke, 1834
  • Sesia mamertinaZeller, 1847
  • Dipsosphecia uroceriformis var. atlanticaLe Cerf, 1920
  • Dipsosphecia uroceriformis var. nigricornisMariani, 1937
  • Sesia uroceriformis var. athaliaeformisBoisduval, [1875]
  • Sesia odyneriformisGhiliani, 1852 (nec Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
  • Bembecia uroceriformis f. subitiTautel 2009
  • Sesia armoricanaOberthür, 1907

Bembecia uroceriformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy and most of the Balkan Peninsula. [2] It is also found in North Africa (including Morocco) and from Asia Minor to the Caucasus.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm.

The larvae feed on Dorycnium species (including Dorycnium herbaceum ), Lotus corniculatus , Ulex europaeus , Ulex nanus , Coronilla emerus , Chamaecytisus species, Cytisus procumbens , Cytisus hirsutus and Corothamnus procumbens . [3]

Subspecies

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