Chamaesphecia nigrifrons

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Chamaesphecia nigrifrons
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Chamaesphecia
Species:
C. nigrifrons
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia nigrifrons
(Le Cerf, 1911) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia nigrifronsLe Cerf, 1911
  • Chamaesphecia sevenariLipthay, 1961
  • Chamaesphecia nigrifrons ab. schmidtiLipthay, 1961

Chamaesphecia nigrifrons is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in central and south-eastern France, Corsica, Luxembourg, South Belgium, south-western Germany, Austria, south-eastern Czech Republic, eastern Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, Serbia, southern Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, northern Romania, northern Greece, southern Ukraine (the Crimea), Transcaucasia, north-western and southern Turkey and north-western Syria. [2]

The wingspan is 9–18 mm. The hindwings have black veins, a broad discal spot and black margins.

The larvae feed on Hypericum perforatum .

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