Pyropteron leucomelaena

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Pyropteron leucomelaena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Synansphecia
Species:
P. leucomelaena
Binomial name
Pyropteron leucomelaena
(Zeller, 1847) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia leucomelaenaZeller, 1847
  • Synansphecia leucomelaena
  • Sesia therevaeformisLederer, 1853
  • Sesia creticaRebel, 1916
  • Chamaesphecia leucomelaena f. cyrneaLe Cerf, 1920

Pyropteron leucomelaena is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine. [2] It is also found in North Africa and from Asia Minor to Armenia.

The larvae feed on Sanguisorba minor . [3]

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