Chamaesphecia leucopsiformis

Chamaesphecia leucopsiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Species: C. leucopsiformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia leucopsiformis
(Esper, 1800)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx leucopsiformis Esper, 1800
  • Sesia foenusaeformis Heydenreich, 1851
  • Sesia alysaeformis Heydenreich, 1851
  • Sesia leucopsidiformis Lederer, 1853
  • Sesia leucospidiformis Staudinger, 1854

Chamaesphecia leucopsiformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal, Denmark, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and Greece)[2] and Turkey.

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. Adults are in wing from August to September.[3]

The larvae feed on Euphorbia cyparissias, Euphorbia esula and Euphorbia seguieriana.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepidoptera.pl
  4. ↑ Chamaesphecia at funet


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