Bembecia albanensis

Bembecia albanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. albanensis
Binomial name
Bembecia albanensis
(Rebel, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia ichneumoniformis albanensis Rebel, 1918
  • Sesia albanensis
  • Sesia corcyrensis Rebel, 1918
  • Dipsosphecia kalavrytana Sheljuzhko, 1924

Bembecia albanensis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Fennoscandia, the Benelux, Portugal, Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic region)[2] to Asia Minor and the Black Sea. It is also found in North Africa.[3]

The wingspan is 14–23 millimetres (0.55–0.91 in).[4]

The larvae feed on Ononis species (including Ononis spinosa, Ononis arvensis, Ononis hircina and Ononis repens) and Psoralea bituminosa. The larvae of ssp. tunetana have been recorded feeding on Hedysarum coronarium.

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