Bembecia priesneri

Bembecia priesneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. priesneri
Binomial name
Bembecia priesneri
Kallies, Petersen & Riefenstahl, 1998[1]

Bembecia priesneri is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Turkey (Kappadocia and the Taurus Mountains) and some nearby Dodecanese Islands (including Rhodes).[2]

The wingspan is 19–25 mm.[3] Adults are on wing in late August and September.[4]

The larvae feed on the roots of Psoralea bituminosa and Ononis species,[5] including Ononis spinosa.

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  4. ↑ A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)
  5. ↑ lepiforum.de


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