Bembecia handiensis

Bembecia handiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. handiensis
Binomial name
Bembecia handiensis
Ramisch, 1997[1]

Bembecia handiensis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands.[2] and the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

The wingspan is 21–23 mm.[3]

The larvae bore the roots of Ononis natrix, Lotus lancerotensis[4] and Lotus creticus.[5]

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