Chamaesphecia leucopsiformis

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Chamaesphecia leucopsiformis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Chamaesphecia
Species:
C. leucopsiformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia leucopsiformis
(Esper, 1800) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx leucopsiformisEsper, 1800
  • Sesia foenusaeformisHeydenreich, 1851
  • Sesia alysaeformisHeydenreich, 1851
  • Sesia leucopsidiformisLederer, 1853
  • Sesia leucospidiformisStaudinger, 1854

Chamaesphecia leucopsiformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal, Denmark, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and Greece) [2] and Turkey.

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. Adults are in wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia cyparissias , Euphorbia esula and Euphorbia seguieriana . [3]

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