Pyropteron cirgisum

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Pyropteron cirgisum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Synansphecia
Species:
P. cirgisum
Binomial name
Pyropteron cirgisum
(Bartel, 1912) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chamaesphecia cirgisumBartel, 1912
  • Pyropteron cirgisa
  • Synansphecia cirgisa
  • Chamaesphecia montandoniLe Cerf, 1922

Pyropteron cirgisum is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in scattered localities in Romania Ukraine, Russia, [2] Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. [3]

The larvae feed on Limonium species, including Limonium gmelini and Limonium iconicum . [4]

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References

  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  4. Synansphecia at funet