Osminia fenusaeformis

Osminia fenusaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on Crete[2] and from Asia Minor to Iran and to the Levant.

Osminia fenusaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Osminia
Species:
O. fenusaeformis
Binomial name
Osminia fenusaeformis
Synonyms
  • Sesia fenusaeformis Herrich-Schaffer, 1852
  • Sesia fenusiformis Staudinger, 1856
  • Sesia pompiliformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia alysaeformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia foenusaeformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia leucopsiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 (nec Esper, 1800)

The larvae possibly feed on Rumex species.[3]

References
  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Dipchasphecia at funet


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