Pyropteron hispanicum

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Pyropteron hispanicum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Synansphecia
Species:
P. hispanicum
Binomial name
Pyropteron hispanicum
(Kallies, 1999) [1]
Synonyms
  • Synansphecia hispanicaKallies, 1999
  • Pyropteron hispanica

Pyropteron hispanicum is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in southern France, Spain and Portugal (Algarve). [2]

The larvae feed on the roots of Rumex scutatus and Rumex induratus . [3]

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