Chamaesphecia dumonti

Chamaesphecia dumonti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Species: C. dumonti
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia dumonti
Le Cerf, 1922[1]
Synonyms
  • Chamaesphecia similis Laštuvka, 1983

Chamaesphecia dumonti is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found from France to southern Russia and the Caucasus and from Germany south to Italy and the Balkan Peninsula.,[2] It is also found in western Turkey.

The wingspan is 18–20 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Stachys recta, Stachys germanica, Stachys atherocaly, Stachys caucasica and Stachys plumosa.[4]

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