Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis

Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Chamaesphecia
Subgenus:	Scopulosphecia
Species:	C. schmidtiiformis
Binomial name
	Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis; (Freyer, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
	Sesia schmidtiiformis Freyer, 1836; Sesia schmidtii Lederer, 1853 (nec Zeller, 1847); Sesia schmidtellaeformis Freyer, 1836; Sesia schmidtiiformis ab. albotarsata Rebel, 1901; Pyropteron schmidtiiformis ab. pouloti Le Cerf, 1922; Sesia rubriformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846; Sesia prosopiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 (nec Ochsenheimer, 1808);

Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.[2] It is also found from Turkey to the Black Sea coast, the Caucasus, Turkmenistan and Iran.

The wingspan is 17–26 mm.

The larvae feed on Salvia verticillata, Salvia sclarea and Salvia syriaca.[3]

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