Chamaesphecia euceraeformis
Chamaesphecia euceraeformis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Chamaesphecia |
Subgenus: | Chamaesphecia |
Species: | C. euceraeformis
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Binomial name | |
Chamaesphecia euceraeformis (Ochsenheimer, 1816)[1]
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Chamaesphecia euceraeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Spain and France through Italy and south-eastern Europe[2] to the Caucasus.
The wingspan is 17–24 mm. Adults are in wing from May to July in one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Euphorbia epithymoides.[4] They spend one to two years in the root of their host plant.
References[]
- ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- ^ Chamaesphecia at funet
Categories:
- Moths described in 1816
- Sesiidae
- Moths of Europe
- Sesiidae stubs