Pyropteron affine

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Pyropteron affine
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Synansphecia
Species:
P. affine
Binomial name
Pyropteron affine
(Staudinger, 1856) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia affineStaudinger, 1856
  • Pyropteron affinis
  • Synansphecia affinis
  • Synansphecia affine
  • Chamaesphecia erodiiphagumDumont 1922

Pyropteron affine is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Poland and Bulgaria. [2] It is also found in Asia Minor, Georgia, the Middle East and North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco).

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July. [3]

The larvae of ssp. affine feed on Helianthemum chamaecistus , Helianthemum vulgare , Helianthemum nummularium and Fumana procumbens , while the larvae of ssp. erodiiphagum have been recorded on Erodium arborescens . [4]

Subspecies

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