Chamaesphecia chalciformis

Chamaesphecia chalciformis
	couple of Chamaesphecia chalciformis from Greece, Peleponnesos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Chamaesphecia
Species:	C. chalciformis
Binomial name
	Chamaesphecia chalciformis; (Esper, 1804)
Synonyms
	Sphinx chalciformisEsper, 1804 ; Sphinx chalcidiformisHübner, [1806] ; Sesia prosopiformisOchsenheimer, 1808 ; Sesia halictiformisHerrich-Schäffer, 1846 ; Sesia chalciformis f. caucasicaKolenati, 1846 ; Sesia chalciformis var. expletaStaudinger, 1879 ;

Last updated December 17, 2025

Chamaesphecia chalciformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy, Austria, Slovakia, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey,^[2] the Middle East and northern Iran.

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare .^[3]

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[1] Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] Chamaesphecia at funet

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