Bembecia stiziformis

Bembecia stiziformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on Cyprus[2] and from Turkey to Iran, Turkmenistan and Pakistan.[3]

Bembecia stiziformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Bembecia
Species:
B. stiziformis
Binomial name
Bembecia stiziformis
Synonyms
  • Sesia stiziformis Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Sciapteron stiziformis var. melasomon Staudinger, 1871
  • Dipsosphecia stiziformis f. astyages Le Cerf, 1938
  • Paranthrene barbarossa de Freina, 1983
  • Paranthrene tubercula de Freina, 1983
  • Sciapteron fervida var. subfervidum Staudinger 1891
  • Paranthrene kara de Freina, 1983

The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species and Tragacanthus aureus, Tragacanthus microcephalus and Tragacanthus zangezurus.[4]

Subspecies
  • Bembecia stiziformis stiziformis
  • Bembecia stiziformis fervida (Lederer, 1855)
  • Bembecia stiziformis tenebrosa (Püngeler, 1914)
  • Bembecia stiziformis belouchistanica Špatenka, 2001

References
  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Bembecia at funet


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