Chamaesphecia euceraeformis

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Chamaesphecia euceraeformis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Chamaesphecia
Species:
C. euceraeformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia euceraeformis
(Ochsenheimer, 1816) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia euceraeformisOchsenheimer, 1816
  • Sesia euceriformisStaudinger, 1856
  • Sesia stelidiformisFreyer, 1836
  • Sesia unicinctaHerrich-Schäffer, 1851 (nec Hampson, [1893])
  • Sesia herrichiiStaudinger, 1856
  • Sesia misoleptiformisHerrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia icteropusHerrich-Schäffer, 1852 (nec Zeller, 1847)

Chamaesphecia euceraeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Spain and France through Italy and south-eastern Europe [2] to the Caucasus.

The wingspan is 17–24 mm. Adults are in wing from May to July in one generation per year. [3]

The larvae feed on Euphorbia epithymoides . [4] They spend one to two years in the root of their host plant.

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References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  4. ↑ Chamaesphecia at funet


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