Bembecia puella

Bembecia puella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. puella
Binomial name
Bembecia puella
Z. Lastuvka, 1989[1]
Synonyms
  • Bembecia daghestanica Gorbunov, 1991
  • Bembecia aladagica Gorbunov & Špatenka, 2001

Bembecia puella is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine and Russia.[2] It has also been recorded from Kazakhstan.[3]

The wingspan is 22–23 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Astragalus glycyphyllos, Astragalus odoratus and Astragalus sigmoideus.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepiforum.de
  4. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  5. ↑ Bembecia at funet


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