Pyropteron minianiforme

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Pyropteron minianiforme
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Pyropteron
Species:
P. minianiforme
Binomial name
Pyropteron minianiforme
(Freyer, 1843) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia minianiformeFreyer, 1843
  • Pyropteron minianiformis
  • Sesia miniaceaLederer, 1853 (nec Oberthür, 1876)
  • Sesia minianiforme var. pepsiformisLederer, 1853
  • Sesia nigrobarbataRebel, 1916
  • Chamaesphecia minianiforme ab. frieseiNiculescu, 1960
  • Sesia elampiformisHerrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia pepsiformisHerrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia eumeniformisHerrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia cerceriformisHerrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia destitutumStaudinger, 1894

Pyropteron minianiforme is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula, Crete, Cyprus and in Ukraine. [2] It is also found in Turkey, the Caucasus, the Black Sea region and the Kopet-Dagh.

Contents

The wingspan is about 18 mm. [3]

The larvae feed on Rumex acetosa , Rumex palustris , Rumex hydrolapathum , Rumex pulcher , Rumex conglomeratus , Rumex crispus and Rumex maritimus . [4]

Subspecies

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