Bembecia megillaeformis

Bembecia megillaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in central and south-eastern Europe,[2] east to Turkey, Uralsk, the Crimea and the Black Sea.

Bembecia megillaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Bembecia
Species:
B. megillaeformis
Binomial name
Bembecia megillaeformis
(Hübner, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx megillaeformis Hübner, [1813]
  • Sesia megilliformis
  • Dypsosphecia masellaeformis Ragusa, 1923

The wingspan is 18–22 millimetres (0.71–0.87 in). Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Genista tinctoria, Genista ratisbonensis, Cytisus hirsutus, Colutea arborescens, Chamaecytisus, Astragalus glycyphyllos and Corothamus procumbens.[3]

Subspecies
  • Bembecia megillaeformis megillaeformis (Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Italy, southern Russia, Uralsk, Crimea, Black Sea)
  • Bembecia megillaeformis luqueti Špatenka, 1992 (France: Brittany, Loire Valley)

References
  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. "Bembecia megillaeformis (Hübner, 1813)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  3. Bembecia at funet


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