Bembecia vulcanica

Bembecia vulcanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. vulcanica
Binomial name
Bembecia vulcanica
(Pinker, 1969)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dipsosphecia vulcanica Pinker, 1969

Bembecia vulcanica is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on the flowers[4] of Lotus campylocladus, Lotus hillebrandii and Psoralea bituminosa.[5]

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